Written Question
Wednesday 30th November 2022
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the £400 arising from the Energy Bill Support Scheme will be delivered to park home residents.
Answered by Graham Stuart
I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer I gave my Hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch on 8th November to Question 78634.
Written Question
Wednesday 6th July 2022
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that people in caravan parks who are connected to utilities through the park owners will be able to receive the £400 payment through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
Answered by Greg Hands
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for St Albans on 20th June 2022 to Question 18990.
Speech in General Committees - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Draft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
"I may have missed this, but can the Minister confirm that any fines that are levied go back into the income of the certification officer, so that they subsidise future levies from unions?..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
View all Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) contributions to the debate on: Draft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
Speech in General Committees - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Draft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
"The hon. Member is right about the trade unions, and I would echo that: I think they have done an extraordinarily good job. I worked with the Community union in my constituency at jobs fairs.
One of the characteristics of this change is that it makes the unions more independent. …..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
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Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
Speech in General Committees - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Draft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
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Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
Speech in General Committees - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Draft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
"I ask this question out of curiosity rather than to try to make a political point. We hear that the certification officer is costing around £750,000 a year, which could increase. What would that be as a proportion of the total revenue generated by the trade unions through membership fees? …..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
View all Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) contributions to the debate on: Draft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
Speech in General Committees - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Draft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
"With apologies the right hon. Gentleman, may I provide an update on my intervention on the hon. Member for Glasgow South West? I have had a look at the numbers on Google. These may not be accurate, but the total revenue for unions is just under £1.3 billion a year. …..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
View all Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) contributions to the debate on: Draft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
Speech in General Committees - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Draft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
"I would like to correct an earlier intervention. The tax actually works out at 1.5p per member per year. I apologise for getting my maths wrong earlier, Mr Davies. I was an investment banker for 17 years...."Mark Garnier - View Speech
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Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022
Written Question
Friday 14th January 2022
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government maintains a database of firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England that have gone into liquidation in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Government does not maintain a specific database of firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England that have gone into liquidation in each of the last three years.
However, the Government does hold data from the Insolvency Service on liquidations of firms in the wider construction sector in England and Wales. The table below sets out Registered Compulsory Liquidations and Registered Creditors' Voluntary Liquidations to three-digit level Standard Industrial Classification from 2018 to Q3 of 2021.
Description | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 to Q3 |
2,754 | 2,881 | 1,874 | 1,619 |
Construction of buildings | 876 | 975 | 637 | 538 |
Development of building projects | 419 | 420 | 280 | 251 |
Construction of residential and non-residential buildings | 457 | 555 | 357 | 287 |
Civil engineering | 144 | 156 | 117 | 121 |
Construction of roads and railways | 24 | 31 | 35 | 51 |
Construction of utility projects | 23 | 19 | 11 | 12 |
Construction of other civil engineering projects | 97 | 106 | 71 | 58 |
Specialised construction activities | 1,734 | 1,750 | 1,120 | 960 |
Demolition and site preparation | 57 | 57 | 28 | 24 |
Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities | 624 | 646 | 407 | 361 |
Building completion and finishing | 564 | 606 | 406 | 309 |
Other specialised construction activities | 489 | 441 | 279 | 266 |
Written Question
Thursday 13th January 2022
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government maintains a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector; and how many complaints have been made by subcontractors against general building firms that have engaged their services over the last three years.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Government is committed to ensuring that we have a high-quality and professional construction industry in the UK, and to strengthening consumers’ rights and access to redress in the domestic construction sector. We have recently consulted on proposals to reform competition and consumer policy. This includes proposals for mandatory alternative dispute resolution in the home improvements sector.
At present, the Government does not maintain a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England.
There are also several market-led mechanisms, including online forums and public reviews, that highlight those in the sector who are not doing the right thing.