Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"T8. Given the decimation of Scotland’s renewables sector and the fact that Scotland has very different energy capabilities from the rest of the UK, why do the Government continue to think that a one-size-fits-all energy policy is in any way appropriate for Scotland?..."Richard Arkless - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 20th February 2017
Asked by:
Richard Arkless (Scottish National Party - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when in Spring 2017 he plans to implement the changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Renewable Heat Incentive reforms will be implemented on the date the updated regulations for the scheme come into force. It is intended these changes will be implemented in spring 2017; the specific date is not known as yet, as it is subject to Parliamentary processes.
Written Question
Monday 20th February 2017
Asked by:
Richard Arkless (Scottish National Party - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Consumer Ombudsman regime.
Answered by Margot James
The Consumer Ombudsman is run by Ombudsman Services, a not for profit private sector company. Chartered Trading Standards Institute, who act on behalf of my rt. hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, have audited and approved Ombudsman Services as being compliant with the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Regulations.
The Government is committed to an ADR landscape that works for all those who wish to use it. I meet regularly with consumer representatives and enforcement bodies to discuss a range of issues, including ADR.
A number of detailed responses to a call for evidence in June were received that related to the ADR regime. The Department is considering these responses carefully and a response will be published in due course.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 31 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"10. What steps he is taking to safeguard investment in research and development in Scotland as a result of the UK's decision to leave the EU. ..."Richard Arkless - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 31 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"A hard Brexit will threaten Scotland’s world-class university sector, and the price of the research development investment that we are discussing was a staggering €8.8 billion from 2007-2013. What representations are this Department making to the Treasury and the Brexit Secretary to protect that vital investment?..."Richard Arkless - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 31 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"T3. The removal of the renewables obligation and the decimation of the feed-in tariff have had a huge negative impact on my constituency, where renewables are the one tangible business area we have that we can grow and that offers highly paid jobs. One year on from those draconian measures, …..."Richard Arkless - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2017
Statutory Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator
"I will, indeed, touch on some of the points that the hon. Gentleman and other colleagues have made during the debate. He has made an excellent case, and has outlined many of the deficiencies of the Pubs Code Adjudicator, particularly his conflicts of interest, which seem to have a causal …..."Richard Arkless - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2017
Statutory Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator
"I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Leeds North West (Greg Mulholland), not only on securing the debate but on his tenaciousness, which has been documented. I suggest that he is indeed the pub champion of Westminster. At the very least, given the secondment of the hon. Member for Burton …..."Richard Arkless - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2017
Statutory Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator
"I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. If clear evidence is given to the Select Committee that that is indeed the case, surely that ought to compel immediate action from the Government. It is clear that there is a conflict of interest position here, and if the whole point …..."Richard Arkless - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2017
Statutory Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator
"If that is the case, I stand to be corrected, but the House was full of leaflets detailing this a number of months ago—but if I am mistaken, I would never attempt to mislead the House...."Richard Arkless - View Speech
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