Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise businesses to employ young people.
Answered by Gareth Thomas - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government’s plan to Make Work Pay is a core part of the mission to grow the economy, raise living standards across the country and create opportunities for all, including young people.
In addition, the Department for Education has established Skills England to sit at the heart of a system that provides young people with the skills required to thrive in life.
Skills England has set out a package of financial support to businesses which provide apprenticeships for young people to help drive up participation among this group.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will bring forward proposals to regulate the de facto monopoly of ticket sales by Ticketmaster.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Under competition law, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), as the UK’s competition authority, is responsible for investigating anti-competitive practices such as an abuse of a dominant position. The Government has ensured that the CMA has significant powers to investigate and act if it finds that businesses are behaving anti-competitively in a market. As an independent authority, the CMA has discretion to investigate competition cases which, according to its prioritisation principles, it considers most appropriate.
With respect to the secondary ticketing market, the Government has committed to introducing new consumer protections in relation to ticket resales and we will be launching a consultation in the autumn to seek views on potential options.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to increase the (a) monitoring and (b) oversight of community interest companies that are engaged in regulated activity with children and vulnerable adults.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Different restrictions apply for those engaging in regulated activity dependent on many factors, such as the type of provision, the age, Special Educational Needs and Disability status of any children involved, and staff providing the activity. The Government expects anyone engaged in regulated activity with children and vulnerable adults to comply with all statutory requirements and safeguards, with appropriate oversight applied.
The Regulator of Community Interest Companies decides whether an organisation is eligible to become, or continue to be, a community interest company, and has no role in overseeing or ensuring compliance with any requirements (e.g. licensing or regulatory compliance) outside of this.