Written Question
Thursday 2nd February 2023
Asked by:
Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley North)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new scheme to support the training of scaffolders, in addition to the Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme; and if he will publish the eligibility criteria for grants funded by his Department for the training of scaffold instructors.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The Government supported the 2015 decision of the construction industry to adopt the SKILLCard scheme, following research commissioned by the HSE and Construction Industry Training Board, to ensure those working on construction sites possess a relevant qualification for their occupation. Whilst the Government is supportive of CSCS, the Government does not have the power to intervene in the operation of the CSCS, as an industry-led scheme. BEIS does not provide grant funding for the training of scaffolding instructors.
Written Question
Thursday 2nd February 2023
Asked by:
Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley North)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to provide financial support to users of at-home medical treatment equipment, in the context of the rising cost of energy.
Answered by Graham Stuart
As set out in the Autumn Statement, the Government is developing a new approach to consumer protection in energy markets, which will apply from April 2024 onwards.
The Government has committed to work with consumer groups and industry to consider the best approach, including options such as social tariffs, as part of wider retail market reforms.
Written Question
Friday 18th November 2022
Asked by:
Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley North)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of public sector funding for research and development; and if he will make an assessment of that funding on private sector investment in research and development at all stages of research.
Answered by George Freeman
BEIS has published research by Oxford Economics on the relationship between public and private funding of research and development (R&D) at which estimated the monetary impact of the long-run leverage rate, suggesting that each £1 of public R&D eventually stimulates between £1.96 and £2.34 of private R&D:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-development-relationship-between-public-and-private-funding.
Public investment in R&D underpins long-term economic growth, is a vital component in our plan for achieving Net Zero and ensures the long-term defence and security of the UK by keeping us at the forefront of technological capabilities. This is why, at the last Spending Review, the Government announced the largest ever sustained uplift in public R&D spending.
Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 02 Nov 2022
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill
"It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hollobone, and to bring to Committee the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill. It is great to see the Minister in his place and I warmly congratulate him on his appointment. I am very grateful for his …..."Dan Jarvis - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 02 Nov 2022
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill
"Members of the Committee will be relieved to hear that I am going to be very brief. I am under strict orders from the right hon. and gallant Member for Beckenham not to stand between him and a bacon sandwich, so I will be very brief. I particularly enjoyed the …..."Dan Jarvis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2022
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill
"I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2022
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill
"I am very grateful to the hon. Member for her question. As I said earlier, she was incredibly helpful at the early stages of the Bill, and she is absolutely right to make that point. The benefit of the Bill will be felt across hundreds of thousands of households and …..."Dan Jarvis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2022
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill
"I am grateful to the right hon. Lady. She makes a helpful contribution. As she and other right hon. and hon. Members will understand, including the right hon. Member for Basingstoke, there are different views about this matter. In the end we have arrived at a reasonable and sensible compromise. …..."Dan Jarvis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2022
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill
"I am grateful to the right hon. and gallant Gentleman for his intervention. I had not expected us to get into a debate today about what is going on in Germany, but he raises a valuable point. It is always important to look at how things work in different countries. …..."Dan Jarvis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2022
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill
"The hon. Member makes an excellent point. He is absolutely right that some employers are missing a trick here. As I said, I did not expect to get into a debate about Germany, but he makes an interesting point. There are so many amazing examples of extraordinary women who can …..."Dan Jarvis - View Speech
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