Hansard - United Kingdom Parliament

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Written Answers
20 JUNE 2011
Written Answers
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accountable for compliance with the law and hold the
primary responsibility for ensuring that their staff and
students are not subject to threatening or abusive behaviour
on campus.
In addition to legal requirements, institutions have
access to a range of practical guidance to help them
ensure fair treatment of their staff and students, and to
help them deal effectively with instances of intolerance,
racism and harassment in their institutions.
The Government would expect institutions to vigorously
tackle intolerance on campus when it arises.
Intellectual Property
Adam Afriyie: To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills on what date the Intellectual
Property Office will publish the findings of its consultation
on patent infringement in pharmaceutical clinical and
field trials; and when the Government plan to respond
to any recommendations made. [60588]
Mr Davey: There is little I can add to my previous
answer on this subject given on 10 June 2011, Official
Report, columns 517-18W. The Government do not
plan a separate response to any recommendations arising
from the Intellectual Property Office’s consultation since
those recommendations will be cleared with Ministers
in the usual way. Publication of the findings will take
place either at the same time as the recommendations or
earlier if possible.
Mary Portas
Mr Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills (1) whether Mary
Portas will receive remuneration from his Department
for her work on the high street retail review; [58099]
(2) what remuneration Mary Portas will receive for
leading the independent review on the future of the
high street. [60745]
Mr Prisk: Mary Portas is not being paid for her work
on this review.
North Sea Oil
Mr Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 12 May
2011, Official Report, column 1348W, on North Sea oil,
on what dates prior to the Budget Statement of 23
March 2011 meetings took place between Ministers in
his Department and Ministers in the Treasury on the
implications for investment in North Sea oil and gas
fields of changes to taxation. [60678]
Mr Prisk: Nothing has changed since my answer of
12 May 2011, Official Report, column 1348W.
Mr Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 12 May
2011, Official Report, column 1349W, on North sea oil,
on what dates prior to the Budget Statement of 23 March
2011 meetings took place between Ministers in his
Department and Ministers in the Department of Energy
and Climate Change on the implications for investment
in North Sea oil and gas fields of changes to taxation.
[60679]
Mr Prisk: Nothing has changed since my answer of
12 May 2011, Official Report, column 1349W.
One North East
Mr Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) land and (b)
other assets will be transferred from One North East to
the Homes and Communities Agency in each local
authority area in the North East. [59950]
Mr Prisk: BIS is currently working with the Department
for Communities and Local Government and others to
agree arrangements to manage some regional development
agency land and property assets. No decisions have yet
been made, we hope to make an announcement soon.
We aim wherever possible to protect the intended economic
and regeneration benefits to local areas of developing
these assets, and allow local partners to influence the
way they are developed.
PA Consulting
Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills whether UK Trade &
Investment has set any objectives for PA Consulting to
reach in respect of direct investment in each region.
[58456]
Mr Prisk [holding answer 9 June 2011]: UK Trade &
Investment (UKTI) contracted in March 2011 with PA
Consulting (PA) for the delivery of services to support
foreign direct investment into the UK. That contract
contains targets for PA for the quantity and quality of
successful investment projects into the UK that they
support.
UKTI has not set specific objectives for PA in terms
of regional dispersal of investment projects. However,
UKTI is committed with PA to monitoring new investments
against the broad regional profile of previous years.
Should significant disparity with previous investment
levels in any UK region/devolved Administration arise,
UKTI will assess the reasons, and take action as necessary.
Close dialogue with local partners (including local enterprise
partnerships and devolved Administrations) will be an
important part of this assessment process.
Press: Competition
Mr Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has
made of the effect on consumer interests of present
arrangements for the regulation of the newspaper and
magazine distribution industry. [60113]
Mr Vaizey: I have been asked to reply.
The Secretary of State has made no assessment.
Competition matters relating to the effects on consumer
interests from the distribution arrangements covering
the newspaper and magazine industry fall to the Office
of Fair Trading.
Trade Agreements
Mr Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on
non-tariff barriers in the negotiation of free trade
agreements. [60611]