Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - May 4

1 Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East): Whether the Government has collated statistics by region on the number of businesses that have had their Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan application (a) approved and (b) rejected.(902138)

2 Hannah Bardell (Livingston): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing financial support for workers ineligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.(902139)

3 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): Whether the Government has made an estimate of the number of businesses that do not qualify for the Government’s covid-19 grant schemes.(902140)

4 Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): What estimate he has made of the number of self-employed people who do not qualify for covid-19 support.(902141)

5 Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): What estimate he has made of the number of self-employed people who do not qualify for covid-19 support.(902142)

6 Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): What discussions he has had with (a) the Federation of Small Businesses and (b) other representatives of small businesses on the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak.(902143)

7 Craig Williams (Montgomeryshire): What support his Department is providing to businesses designing new ways of working to help safely mitigate the effects of the covid-19 outbreak.(902144)

8 Clive Efford (Eltham): What steps he is taking to ensure that businesses do not profiteer from shortages of personal protective equipment in the health and social care sector.(902145)

9 Chris Green (Bolton West): What steps his Department is taking to support (a) vaccine manufacturing and (b) the UK life sciences sector.(902146)

10 Laura Farris (Newbury): What steps his Department is taking to support businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.(902147)

11 Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): What estimate his Department has made of the number of social enterprises that have received Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans.(902148)

12 Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What discussions he has had with small businesses on the operation of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.(902149)

13 Mr Marcus Fysh (Yeovil): What steps his Department is taking to support businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.(902150)

14 Elliot Colburn (Carshalton and Wallington): What steps his Department is taking to support businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.(902151)

15 Miss Sarah Dines (Derbyshire Dales): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that all firms requiring assistance are able to access the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.(902152)

16 Simon Jupp (East Devon): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that all firms requiring assistance are able to access the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.(902153)

17 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What steps his Department is taking to support businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.(902154)

18 Andrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs): What steps his Department is taking to help the UK space industry to support nationwide plans to tackle the covid-19 outbreak.(902155)

19 Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing financial support for workers ineligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.(902165)

20 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): If he will seek representations from self-employed workers on the effectiveness of the Self-employment Income Support Scheme.(902174)