Laurence Turner MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Steel CouncilDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has for the future composition of the Steel Council.
Answer: Following the publication of the Strategy, the Secretary of State intends to continue to convene the Steel Council throughout this Parliament, so we can make sure we drive implementation of the Strategy. Discussions will be held with members of the Counci...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordJingye GroupDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference of the oral contribution by the Rt hon. Member for North West Essex of 12 April 2025, Official Report, column 846, what estimate his Department made of the potential impact of the propos
Answer: This Government has not been able to assess the potential impacts of the last Government’s proposed commercial deal with Jingye given it does not exist. We do know there had been a lack of progress before this Government took office. This Government has w...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUK International Consumer CentreDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 25524 on UK International Consumer Centre, if he will place a copy of the agreement referenced in the Commons Library.
Answer: I regret that the grant funding agreement cannot be submitted to the Commons Library. Grant letters and details are commercially sensitive for both the parties.Releasing these details would, or would be likely to, prejudice the interests of those concerne...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: BidfoodDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: I can confirm that the Department does not hold any contracts with BFS Group ltd or any of its subsidiary companies. Likewise, the Department’s agencies also do not have any direct contracts with the company or its subsidiaries.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUK International Consumer CentreDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) funding and (b) staffing capacity for the UK International Consumer Centre.
Answer: The government funds the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) to deliver the UK International Consumer Centre. The funding agreement for the current financial year is £456,000. This figure is reviewed annually and agreed with the CTSI each year al...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Associations: Political LevyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Section 132 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, whether any employers' associations maintain a political fund.
Answer: Unincorporated employers’ associations are able to maintain a political fund in accordance with the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. None currently maintain a political fund.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlexible Working TaskforceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21859, on Flexible Working Taskforce, on what dates that taskforce met in each year from 2018 to 2022.
Answer: The Flexible Working Taskforce met on fourteen occasions between 2018 and 2022.The dates of these meetings were:29 March 2018; 09 May 2018; 11 July 2018; 12 September 2018; 16 November 2018; 16 January 2019; 27 March 2019; 02 July 2019; 22 September 2020;...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlexible Working TaskforceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20334 on Flexible Working, on what dates the Flexible Working Taskforce met in 2023.
Answer: The Flexible Working Taskforce met once in 2023, on April 24th. The government has continued to engage with stakeholders on a regular basis to discuss flexible working and related issues.
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: StatisticsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Office for Statistics Regulation's publication entitled OSR’s statement on the Labour Force Survey-derived
Answer: Putting the best evidence at the heart of policy development is critical to achieving the Department’s objective of supporting businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. The Department has been engaging with...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFlexible WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which organisations are represented on his Department's Flexible Working Taskforce; and on what dates that taskforce has met.
Answer: The Flexible Working Taskforce last met on 26 Jan 2024. It was comprised of business groups, charities and trade unions and was co-chaired by the Chartered Institute for Professional Development (CIPD) and the government. It met at regular intervals betwe...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment Rights Bill: Impact AssessmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of producing impact assessments for the Employment Rights Bill.
Answer: The publication of Impact Assessments for the Employment Rights Bill meets our requirements under the Better Regulation Framework to provide analysis of the impacts on businesses, households, and the wider economy. This is important to support ministerial...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFireworks: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2024 to Question 10062 on Animal Welfare: Fireworks, what form of engagement the Government plans to undertake with charities on its review of existing policy.
Answer: To inform any future decisions on fireworks policy I intend to engage with businesses, consumer groups and charities shortly after the fireworks season to gather evidence on the issues and impacts with fireworks. Officials regularly meet and correspond wi...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFireworks: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2024 to Question 10062 on Animal Welfare: Fireworks, what the Government’s planned timetable is for reviewing the existing policy.
Answer: To inform any future decisions on fireworks policy I intend to engage with businesses, consumer groups and charities shortly after the fireworks season to gather evidence on the issues and impacts with fireworks. Officials regularly meet and correspond wi...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment: SurveysDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report by the former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills entitled Workplace Employment Relations Study, published on 23 January 2013, if he will make an assessment of t
Answer: There are currently no plans to undertake a new Workplace Employee Relations Study (WERS). The survey methodology is challenging to replicate as it relies on sampling via the employer which is harder to obtain due to increased privacy concerns in recent y...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: AuditDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill will contain measures to improve the quality of the auditing of public sector bodies.
Answer: The Government's manifesto committed to overhaul the local audit system to provide high quality, timely assurance to taxpayers. On 30 July, Jim McMahon, the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, outlined to Parliament immediate ac...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordConstruction: BillingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Retention payments in the construction industry, published on 24 October 2017, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introduc
Answer: Small businesses are essential to our economic success.This Government is committed to take action on late payments to ensure small businesses and the self-employed are paid on time. The practice of cash retentions can create problems for contractors in t...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
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