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HANSARDUber: Supreme Court RulingThe noble Lord will be aware that I cannot comment on individual cases, but, of course, HMRC is fully empowered and able to take all the action that it requires in order to get…01 Mar 2021HANSARDUber: Supreme Court RulingAs I said, we are committed to considering options to improve clarity on employment status and how best to address that in a post-Covid scenario. However, it is important that we…01 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Energy Efficiency: RetrofittingThe noble Lord makes a very good point. I have received a number of representations from rural landlords and others on these matters. We recognise that improving older rural…01 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Energy Efficiency: RetrofittingIt would of course be best to have long-term guarantees of funding, but we continue to have these discussions internally. I agreed earlier that the green homes grant scheme has…01 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2021That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 1 February be approved.01 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Energy Efficiency: RetrofittingThe noble Baroness is right that these targets are a challenge, but I can confirm that the target remains the same for heat pump installations. We will set out further details in…01 Mar 2021HANSARDUber: Supreme Court RulingThe noble Lord knows the tremendous admiration that I have for him, but I have to disagree with him on this. The thoroughly Conservative thing is that there is choice and…01 Mar 2021HANSARDUber: Supreme Court RulingWell, many individuals working in the gig economy will already be eligible for automatic enrolment and all employers have a duty to automatically enrol qualifying workers into the…01 Mar 2021HANSARDElectricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2021First, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to the debate. I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, is still following this brief from 2013. He showed that in the…23 Feb 2021HANSARDElectricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, this statutory instrument amends regulations concerning the levies that fund the operational costs budgets for the Low Carbon Contracts Company and the Electricity…23 Feb 2021HANSARDElectricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2021That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 21 January be approved. Relevant document: 44th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee23 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.04 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions on this important Bill. There is clearly a wealth of expertise on this subject across the House and, as is usual in your…04 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, this Bill represents a major upgrade to the Government’s powers to screen certain acquisitions on national security grounds. Through the new investment security unit…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHospitality Sector MinisterThere are two Ministers—Minister Huddleston in DCMS and Minister Scully in my department—who look after the interests of businesses and others in the sector, so the noble Lord…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHospitality Sector MinisterThe noble Lord made his point very powerfully, and I will ensure that his comments are passed on to the Chancellor.03 Feb 2021HANSARDHospitality Sector MinisterAs I said in my previous Answer, the responsibility for creating new ministerial positions rests with the Prime Minister. I think he has responded in writing to some of these…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHospitality Sector MinisterI well understand the point my noble friend is making but, as I have said, BEIS and DCMS work closely together. The split in responsibilities reflects the fact that most…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHospitality Sector MinisterResponsibility for hospitality is currently split between BEIS and DCMS. Both departments are working closely together to ensure that the sector’s interests are strongly…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHospitality Sector MinisterWe keep all of these recovery measures under constant review and if we need to extend them further, we will of course do so. With regard to the recovery plan, it is impossible to…03 Feb 2021