In Parliament

You can view Anna's latest appearances and speeches in Parliament below:

 

Help to Grow - Launch | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Ministerial Statements

The Help to Grow (‘H2G’) pilot programme was announced by the Prime Minister (‘PM’) in February 2015. Drawing on research undertaken by the British Business Bank...

Sunday Trading: Conditions of Employment | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

In view of the will of the House, we are no longer proposing to give local authorities the ability to extend the Sunday trading hours of large shops.

UK Membership of EU | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

As set out in Cm 9216, in the event that we leave the EU, we would need to update the terms of our WTO membership where the commitments taken have previously applied to the EU as a whole. This...

Business: Billing | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

The Government remains committed to tackling late payment. We are creating the Small Business Commissioner, whose primary function will be to tackle and change the culture of late payment. We...

Business: EU Law | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

The Government produces Impact Assessments that set out the impacts to business of legislation. These are published on the LEGISLATION.GOV.UK website. The UK has one of the lightest regulatory...

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Scotland | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

The Government would typically be responsible for legal costs incurred and compensatory payments awarded by an ISDS tribunal resulting from acts by UK local authorities. There is no specific...

Exports: Government Assistance | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

In CBI’s Best in Class report, the reference to the Swedish four box grid approach was part of a wider recommendation on allocating overseas resources for business support. The UK...

Audit: Tax Avoidance | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

The new EU Audit Regulation (537/2014) prohibits the provision of tax services by audit firms to their audit clients. This includes services relating to tax avoidance. The prohibition will apply...

Environment Protection: Investment | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

As set out in my answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 24571, this information can be found in paragraphs 31 - 36 of our November 2015 policy statement on the future of the UK Green...

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: NHS | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

The Government has always been clear that protecting the NHS is of the utmost importance for the UK. We believe, as does the European Commission, that provisions in the current texts of the...