Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Toby Perkins and Michael Fallon(10 years, 6 months ago)
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Michael Fallon
I completely agree with my hon. Friend, and I can tell him that of the 30 specific reforms requested by the business taskforce I chaired last year, nine have already been delivered, two further directives were withdrawn last month, and since the transposition rules were tightened three years ago there has been only one example of a European directive being gold-plated, which was the consumer credit directive that banned excessive payment surcharges.
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab)
The Bathroom Manufacturers Association is just one trade body which feels that regulatory policy has too little focus on enforcement of regulation. That leads to the undercutting of compliant, high-quality British manufacturers by cheap, non-compliant foreign imports. When will the Government understand that a mature and consistent approach to enforcement of regulation is not a burden on high-quality British manufacturing business, but an aid to it?
Michael Fallon
I am happy to meet that trade association to follow up its specific concerns. The hon. Gentleman is right that business needs uniform and proportionate enforcement, and we are looking to deliver that through improved guidance with the relevant bodies, such as the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency.
New Businesses: Loans
Debate between Toby Perkins and Michael Fallon(10 years, 6 months ago)
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Toby Perkins
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many Start Up Loans applications have been supported by each approved provider of Start Up Loans mentoring services in each region in which the new company was based or planned to be based.
[Official Report, 16 June 2014, Vol. 582, c. 425W.]
Letter of correction from Matthew Hancock:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Toby Perkins) on 16 June 2014.
The full answer given was as follows:
Michael Fallon
All loan recipients in all regions receiving a start-up loan are offered mentoring, although take up of support services is not a mandatory condition of making the facility available. The number of loans made in each region will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
The correct answer should have been: