This call for evidence seeks views on various proposals for a new Business Energy Efficiency Scheme focused on SMEs
Improving energy efficiency is one of the most cost-effective mechanisms for businesses to reduce their energy use and associated bills while reducing their carbon emissions....More
The United Kingdom’s Continental Shelf is one of the world’s more mature petroleum provinces and, despite new developments continuing to come on stream, many assets are inevitably reaching the end of their field lives and will require decommissioning.
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The Government will be publishing a report reviewing the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 later this year.
This Call for Evidence is designed to gather information that will inform the review and provide additional insight on how...More
Confidentiality clauses, also known as non-disclosure agreements or NDAs , are provisions which seek to prohibit the disclosure of information. They serve a useful and legitimate purpose in the employment context, as part of both employment contracts and settlement agreements. However, a number...More
We're seeking views on extending redundancy protection for pregnant women and mothers. The consultation also sets out more widely what the department is doing to tackle pregnancy and maternity discrimination, and explain the current law on redundancy protection.
This is a commitment in the ...More
The Progress Update to the Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan , published in October 2018, stated that we would consult on the treatment of electricity storage within the planning system. This consultation considers and seeks views on the following proposals:
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To support the transition to a cleaner, smarter and more flexible energy system our intention in this document The future for small-scale low-carbon generation is to consider future arrangements that would facilitate:
a route to market which supports small-scale low carbon generation of...More
The Government is committed to ensuring that all workers are paid at least the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage. The Government is also committed to supporting employers to comply with National Minimum Wage legislation, so that they get it right first time without the need for...More
The Heat Networks: Ensuring sustained investment and protecting consumers publication sets out the government’s priorities for developing an effective long-term market framework to drive sustained investment in heat networks and to ensure consumers are adequately protected as the sector...More
This consultation seeks views on ethnicity pay reporting by employers. It sets out options and asks questions on:
what ethnicity pay information should be reported by employers to allow for meaningful action
who should be expected to report
next steps
The objective of the...More
OPRED is seeking views via this consultation on the proposed Guidance Document to accompany The Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018 (the 2018 Regulations) which will enable OPRED to impose civil sanctions on offshore oil and gas companies who are found to be in breach of...More
The Government is building an environment in which small and medium-sized businesses can continue to prosper, tackling the continuing issue of late payments is vital for this to happen. Businesses with good credit and cash flow management build a positive relationship with their creditors...More
Defra’s Clean Air Strategy, published in May 2018, proposed that further support under the Renewable Heat Incentive should not be available for biomass installations in urban areas with access to the gas grid. This consultation sets out details of the proposed restrictions and asks for views...More
This initial consultation is intended to gather views from industry, regulators and other interested parties on the timings and criteria for including shale gas production projects in the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project regime under the Planning Act 2008.
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Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are a widely used measure of the energy performance of buildings, both in the residential and commercial sectors, and are a key tool in promoting energy efficiency improvements to buildings.
We’re seeking evidence on how EPCs are currently...More
The National Security and Investment White Paper sets out the Government’s proposed reforms for creating clear and focused powers within a predictable and transparent process and we want to hear your views.
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The Clean Growth Strategy (CGS) , published in October 2017, committed the government to consult on a package of measures to support business to improve how productively they use energy. This call for evidence sets out possible approaches to improving energy efficiency in business and...More
The draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill sets out provisions to establish a new beneficial ownership register of overseas entities that own UK property. This follows the commitment made at the Anti-Corruption Summit in 2016 to establish such a register, in order to combat money laundering...More
Following withdrawal from the European Atomic Energy Community (“Euratom”), the UK will be introducing new Nuclear Safeguards Regulations to enable a domestic nuclear safeguards regime to operate in the UK. This consultation seeks views on the operability and effectiveness of these draft...More
The Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) scheme was introduced on 1 April 2010 to encourage deployment of small-scale (up to 5MW), low-carbon electricity generation, particularly by organisations, businesses, communities and individuals that have not traditionally engaged in the electricity market.
This...More
This consultation seeks views on whether to widen the scope of eligibility for energy intensive industries (EIIs) for exemption from a proportion of the indirect costs of the renewable electricity support schemes – Contracts for Difference (CfD), Renewables Obligation (RO) and, if...More
Following on from the proposed closure of the Feed-in Tariff scheme on March 2019, t his call for evidence seeks to identify the role small-scale low-carbon generation can play in maximising the advantages for the UK in the global shift to clean growth by understanding:
- The...More
We're seeking views on proposals that will deter the misuse of limited partnerships in criminal activity.
This consultation sets out a number of proposals aimed at:
improving the regulatory regime governing limited partnerships
preventing their misuse.
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Raising productivity is one of the Government’s key priorities and is core to the Industrial Strategy . The Industrial Strategy White Paper announced that the Government would launch a review of the actions that could be most effective in improving the productivity and growth of small and...More
The purpose of this consultation is to gather views on the proposed approach that will enable the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to implement pension reform. The pension reform will apply to members of the Civil Nuclear Pension Plan (CNPP) and the SLC section of the Magnox Electric Group of...More
This consultation seeks views on:
getting consumers better deals and better service in utilities markets
helping consumers benefit from their data and remain protected when they buy and sell online
how to improve the system of alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
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Working with the regulators and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has identified an opportunity to improve current arrangements that apply to the regulation of the final stages of nuclear site decommissioning and clean-up.
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This consultation sets out proposals for the transposition of Directive 2014/52/EU (the “2014 Directive”) in relation to the consenting regime for nuclear reactor decommissioning and dismantling projects. The 2014 Directive amends Directive 2011/92/EU (the “EIA Directive”) on the...More
The Clean Growth Strategy presented major policies and plans that will cut the cost of energy, drive economic growth, create high value jobs right across the UK, and improve our quality of life.
This call for evidence reaffirms that ambition by building on the commitment to phase out...More
This consultation puts forward a number of measures to improve corporate governance in firms that are in or approaching insolvency.
It also seeks views on some other aspects of the wider corporate governance framework and whether these are working as they should. More