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IAEA Conference

Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) whether the Government was represented at the conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Beijing on 18 to 22 October; and if she will place in the Library the text of Government statements and submissions to the conference; [197786]

(2) whether the Government was represented at the conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Moscow in June; and if she will place in the Library the text of Government statements and submissions to the conference. [197787]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Industry

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what Government resources for support to industry, with particular reference to (a) staff and (b) direct financial investment, are invested in (i) the manufacturing sector, (ii) the services sector and (iii) agriculture. [196027]

Jacqui Smith: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
 
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Inward Investment

Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what research her Department has commissioned on projected foreign investment in the UK for 2005–06; and if she will make a statement. [197800]

Mr. Alexander: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

IT Skills

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what measures she proposes to take to ensure that the number of students who graduate from information technology courses reaches the levels that are needed by the IT industry as stated by the E-Skills UK and Gartner Consulting research published on 1s November. [197049]

Ms Hewitt: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jaguar

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action is being taken to ensure that Ford's transfer pricing policies do not distort the financial position of Jaguar, with particular reference to the Browns Lane plant. [196498]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 9 November 2004]: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

Legislation

Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what pieces of legislation passed in the last 30 years that the Department is responsible for remain to be brought into force, broken down by year of enactment. [195618]

Ms Hewitt: The information requested is shown in the following table.

Act	Sections not yet in force
Unsolicited Goods and Services (Amendment) Act1975	2(1)
Patents Act 1977	53(1)
	60(4)
	86
	87
Estate Agents Act 1979	16
	17
	22
British Steel Act 1988	Schedule 2, Part II
Companies Act 1989	46
	47(2)-(6)
	48(3)
	65(2)
	92–107
	128
	133
	138
	140(7), (8)
	142
	Schedule 13
	Schedule 15
	Schedule 16
	Schedule 19, para 13
British Technology Group Act 1991	Schedule 2, Pt I
Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992	17
	23
	36
Coal Industry Act 1994	22(2)
	Schedules, para 7, 29, 30, 45
	Schedule 11, Pt IV
Arbitration Act 1996	85
	86
	87
Employment Rights Act 1996	Schedule 2, Pt II, para 16(1), 17(1), 18(1)
Competition Act 1998	1(a)
	Schedule 5, para 7
	Schedule 6, para 7
	Schedule 13, para 11
	(except for the purpose of prescribing modifications to the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976)
Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998	4
National Minimum Wage Act 1998	2(1) (except so far as confers power to make subordinate legislation)
	2(2)-(5), (7), (8)
	3(1)
	3(2) (except so far as confers power to make subordinate legislation)
	3(3), (4)
	4(1) (except so far as confers power to make subordinate legislation),
	(2)
	9
	41
	42
	49(9), (10)
	51
	Schedule 2, para 26
Petroleum Act 1998	Schedule 4 para 8, 11, 13, 34, 40
	Para 11
	Para 13
Employment Relations Act 1999	17
	Schedule 7, para 4(6)
	Schedule 9, Pt 1
	Schedule 8
	Schedule 9, Pt 1,3
	(repeal of Trade Union and Labour Relations(Consolidation) Act 1992,
	Schedule A1, para 163),
	10 (repeals of or in Employment Rights Act 1996, Section 236, Schedule 1)
Electronic Communications Act 2000	1–6
Utilities Act 2000	20(7)
	75
Employment Act 2002	28(2)
	30(1), (2), (4)
	44
	47(3)
Enterprise Act 2002	70
	Schedule 5, para 2(c)
	Schedule 6
	Schedule 9, para 8(a)
	Schedule 17, para 14, 59
	Schedule 19, para 8
Fireworks Act 2003	10
	14
	Schedule
Communications Act 2003	231(1), (2)(c)
	265
	266
	267
	268
	269
	270
	272
	273
	274
	299(1), (3), (4)
	300
	401
	409
	Schedule 6
	Schedule 12, para 5, 6
	Schedule 17, para 133(2)
Employment Relations Act 2004	1–28
	33–36
	39–41
	44–55
	Schedule 1, para 1–7, 13–15, 19, 22, 23, 26–30, 32–41, 42(3)
Energy Act 2004	11(1) (2)
	12
	51 (1)
	52
	53(1)-(4)
	54–60
	62–68
	69(1)
	70,71
	89–93
	95(1 )-(8) (10)
	96–100
	102(2), (3), (5)
	103(1), (3)
	105–114
	139
	140(1)
	145(2), (4)
	146(6)
	147(5)
	149(2), (4) (10)
	150(6)
	151
	153
	177
	179
	180
	182
	Schedule 2
	Schedules 10–14
	Schedule 16
	Schedule 23, Pt 2, para 1, 3
Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004	1–67
	Schedules 1–8
Patents Act 2004	1–15
	16(3)
	Schedule 1
	Schedule 2, para 1–22, 25, 26(2), 27, 28

 
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Lending

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to introduce legislation to prevent irresponsible lending by loan sharks; and if she will make a statement. [199244]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The Government will introduce the Consumer Credit Bill, when parliamentary time permits, to create a fair, clear competitive market which provides comprehensive protection for consumers.

It will do this, in part, by enhancing consumer rights and redress, replacing the current extortionate credit test with a more appropriate one of fairness. In addition, we will improve regulation of consumer credit businesses by strengthening the current licensing regime to keep rogue traders out of the market.

Manufacturing Industry

Mr. Bailey: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the representation from manufacturing industry is on (a) the Health and Safety Commission and (b) the Better Regulation Task Force. [198196]

Nigel Griffiths: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Marine Energy Extraction

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will place a copy of the Marine Currents Energy Extraction: Resource Assessment, Final Report, EU-Joule contract JOU2-CT93–00355 (1994–95) in the Library. [191987]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The report originally identified in response to an earlier question was never published. However, we have arranged for the hon. Member to receive a more recent report ¹ which sets out the conclusions and results of the earlier study.

A copy will also been placed in the Libraries of the House.

¹ Non Nuclear Energy Joule II Wave Energy Project Results.

The Exploitation of Tidal and Marine Currents ISBN 92–827–5658–0

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