Asked by: Tony Lloyd (Labour - Rochdale)
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 received the Director of Labour Market Enforcement's 2023-24 Strategy.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
I recently met with the Director of Labour Market Enforcement where she updated me on progress in finalising her strategy for next year. When ready this will be published in line with statutory requirements.
Asked by: Tony Lloyd (Labour - Rochdale)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with energy suppliers on how the Energy Bills Support Scheme can support tenants with mental health conditions, physical or learning disabilities in supported landlord schemes.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Energy Prices Act includes provisions to require landlords and other intermediaries to pass energy price support provided by the Energy Price Guarantee, Energy Bills Support Scheme, or Energy Bill Relief Scheme as appropriate to end users who are the intended beneficiaries of the relevant schemes.
As a part of complying with the public sectors equalities duty, conversations with stakeholders included discussions on protected characteristics. These discussions fed into the public sector equality duty and to policy and delivery decisions.
Asked by: Tony Lloyd (Labour - Rochdale)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with pharmaceutical companies on differential pricing policies of covid-19 vaccines for different countries.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
Pricing of COVID-19 vaccines between pharmaceutical companies and other countries is a commercial matter for those parties involved.