Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
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 respond to correspondence of (a) 1 September 2022, (b) 5 October 2022 and (c) 13 December 2022 from the Hon. member for Basildon and Billericay on a constituent, reference JB38749.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Energy and Climate wrote to the Hon. Member on 11 January 2023 about the cost of oil and gas.
Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, further to the Government's announcement on 5 January 2021 of extra support for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, when the one-off grants of up to £9,000 will be made available to eligible businesses.
Answered by Paul Scully
Local authorities were informed of their allocations for this grant on 14th January and funding was transferred on 15th January. The Department is working closely with local authorities to ensure that grants may now be made as quickly as is practicable.
Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether professional qualifications and registrations will continue to be mutually recognised between the UK and the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU with no deal.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
In the event that the UK leaves the EU with no deal, professionals from the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland who have had their qualifications formally recognised in the UK before exit will continue to be able to rely on those recognition decisions to practice their profession in the UK. Similarly, recognition decisions for UK professional qualifications awarded in the EEA and Switzerland before exit will remain valid.
In the event that the UK leaves the EU with no deal, new applications for recognition of EEA and Swiss qualifications in the UK made after exit could be recognised if the qualifications are of an equivalent standard to UK qualifications in scope, content and level. UK nationals seeking recognition to practice regulated professions in the EU would have to check the national policies and rules of the relevant Member State in which they intend to practice.
Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, to what extent professional qualifications and registrations will continue to be mutually recognised between the UK and the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, the current arrangements between the UK and the EU on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications will continue to apply during the implementation period.
UK nationals and EU citizens who have obtained - or applied for - a recognition decision before the end of the implementation period will continue to be able to rely on those recognition decisions - or have those applications completed - after the implementation period. These provisions will apply to applications for the European Professional Card and qualifications recognised under the Professional Qualifications Directive for the purpose of establishment but not for the temporary and occasional provision of services, lawyers practising under host State title, approved statutory auditors, and persons engaged in the trade and distribution of toxic products.
After the implementation period, new applications for recognition of UK qualifications in the EU, and vice versa, will be subject to arrangements to be agreed in the negotiations on our future relationship.