Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow English Sparkling Wine to be sold in pint and half litre bottles.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The quantities in which pre-packed alcohol, including English sparkling wine, can be sold will be considered as part of the Government’s review of EU-derived law. Further details will be provided in due course.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish how households who are not eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme because they pay for their energy as part of their rent or service charge or are on alternative fuel arrangements will receive the equivalent support.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Customers who have a direct domestic electricity supply with a licensed electricity supplier are eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS). The Government has legislated to ensure landlords pass through support provided by EBSS to households paying for energy through a rent or service charge.
Under Ofgem’s Maximum Resale Price rules, landlords with a domestic contract with an energy supplier are required not to charge tenants more than they have paid suppliers for the energy.
EBSS Alternative Funding will provide equivalent support for households who will not be reached through EBSS. Eligibility, timescales and delivery method will be announced shortly.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
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 have discussions with the Leader of the House on bringing the Energy Security Bill to the House of Commons.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government remains committed to the important measures in the Energy Security Bill and expects to set out how it will proceed shortly.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 61054 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Stonewall, for what reason that Answer did not include the £1,295 +VAT paid by his Department for staff attendance at Stonewall Leadership Programme in 2020 as per an FOI response in April 2021, reference FOI2021/04447; and whether other funding by his Department to Stonewall was omitted in that Answer.
Answered by George Freeman
The additional spend was omitted due to a drafting error.
In the 2017-2018 financial year, an additional £200 + VAT was paid for one ticket to the Stonewall Workplace Conference on 22 September 2017. In the 2018-2019 financial year, an additional £1,495 + VAT was paid for five tickets to the Stonewall Workplace Conference on 27 April 2018. In the 2020-2021 financial year, £1,295 + VAT was paid for a staff member to attend the Stonewall Leadership Programme.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that parents who purchase unsafe toys through an online marketplaces can seek compensation in the event of their child coming to harm.
Answered by Paul Scully
All toys placed on the UK market, including those sold online, must meet essential safety requirements under the UK Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 and there are criminal sanctions for non-compliance. Where non-compliant products, including toys, are being sold online by third party sellers the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is taking action.
This includes using data and intelligence to target the supply routes, and disrupt the sale, of unsafe products sold by third-party sellers online as well as acting to remove listings. As a result, OPSS has helped take down more than 10,000 unsafe products, including toys, from online marketplaces in 2021.
OPSS is also raising public awareness of the risks of buying online from third-party sellers who are based overseas. An Important Product Safety Message to consumers, encouraging them to check who they are buying from when using online marketplaces, was published on 10th November and OPSS is running a Christmas Toys product safety information campaign.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prevent unregulated third-party toy sellers who are based overseas from undercutting British toy manufacturers.
Answered by Paul Scully
All toys placed on the UK market, including those sold online, must meet essential safety requirements under the UK Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 and there are criminal sanctions for non-compliance. Where non-compliant products, including toys, are being sold online by third party sellers the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is taking action.
This includes using data and intelligence to target the supply routes, and disrupt the sale, of unsafe products sold by third-party sellers online as well as acting to remove listings. As a result, OPSS has helped take down more than 10,000 unsafe products, including toys, from online marketplaces in 2021.
OPSS is also raising public awareness of the risks of buying online from third-party sellers who are based overseas. An Important Product Safety Message to consumers, encouraging them to check who they are buying from when using online marketplaces, was published on 10th November and OPSS is running a Christmas Toys product safety information campaign.