Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BEIS existed until 2023 when it was split to form the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Responsibility for national security and investment policy has gone to the Cabinet Office.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Simon Hart MP
  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
• Marcus Jones MP
  Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip)
• Rebecca Harris MP
  Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)
• Jo Churchill MP
  Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)
• Amanda Solloway MP
  Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
• Steve Double MP
  Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
• Scott Mann MP
  Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
• The Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson MP
  Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury)
• Stuart Anderson MP
  Assistant Government Whip
• Joy Morrissey MP
  Assistant Government Whip
• Jacob Young MP
  Assistant Government Whip
• Robert Largan MP
  Assistant Government Whip
• Julie Marson MP
  Assistant Government Whip
• Fay Jones MP
  Assistant Government Whip
• Mike Wood MP
  Assistant Government Whip
• The Rt Hon Baroness Williams of Trafford
  Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip)
• Earl of Courtown
  Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (Lords Deputy Chief Whip)
• Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
  Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
• Lord Davies of Gower
  Lord in Waiting
• Lord Harlech
  Lord in Waiting
• Lord Evans of Rainow
  Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)
• Lord Caine
  Lord in Waiting

Petitions linked to this department

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• Include details of significant case law on legislation.gov.uk

• Fund fixed wireless broadband setup costs for poorly connected areas
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  1,232 signatures

• Require sanitary bins be provided in men and women's toilets
  Open from Wednesday 12th April 2023 to Thursday 12th October 2023
  65 signatures

• Force businesses to label packaging using the Recycle Now ‘swoosh’ and relevant
  Open from Monday 3rd April 2023 to Tuesday 3rd October 2023
  21 signatures

• Require gender neutral toilets in public areas
  Open from Thursday 30th March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
  78 signatures

• Review RdSAP energy performance assessments of Air Source Heat Pumps
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  74 signatures

• Pass legislation to remove standing charges for the supply of energy
  Open from Tuesday 28th March 2023 to Thursday 28th September 2023
  555 signatures

• To make minimum wage equal for all ages to end age discrimination for pay
  Open from Wednesday 22nd March 2023 to Friday 22nd September 2023
  98 signatures

• Ban rotating shift patterns and require 4 weeks' notice of zero hours rota
  Open from Wednesday 22nd March 2023 to Friday 22nd September 2023
  20 signatures

• Ban Gambling advertising nationwide on all media platforms
  Open from Tuesday 21st March 2023 to Thursday 21st September 2023
  80 signatures

• Introduce Mandatory Licensing of Low Power Weapons/Air Guns in England & Wales.
  Open from Tuesday 21st March 2023 to Thursday 21st September 2023
  8,425 signatures

• All employers must have Automated External Defibrillators.
  Open from Friday 17th March 2023 to Sunday 17th September 2023
  47 signatures

• Increase help with energy costs for people on prepayment energy meters
  Open from Tuesday 14th March 2023 to Thursday 14th September 2023
  25 signatures

• Require accommodation providers to disclose if they are housing asylum seekers
  Open from Tuesday 14th March 2023 to Thursday 14th September 2023
  39 signatures

• Reform Statutory Maternity Pay: shorten qualifying period and increase rate
  Open from Thursday 9th March 2023 to Saturday 9th September 2023
  6,099 signatures

• Provide grants to firms with unsatisfied business interruption policy claims
  Open from Friday 24th February 2023 to Thursday 24th August 2023
  1,244 signatures

• Make St David's Day a public holiday for Wales
  Open from Friday 24th February 2023 to Thursday 24th August 2023
  150 signatures

• Introduce salary history ban
  Open from Friday 24th February 2023 to Thursday 24th August 2023
  56 signatures

• Hold a referendum on renationalising all utility services; gas, electric, water
  Open from Wednesday 22nd February 2023 to Tuesday 22nd August 2023
  122 signatures

• Introduce requirements for ethnic diversity in the workplace
  Open from Tuesday 21st February 2023 to Monday 21st August 2023
  22 signatures

• Review parental leave and pay, and access to affordable childcare
  Open from Tuesday 14th February 2023 to Monday 14th August 2023
  536 signatures

• Create an Adoption Allowance for self-employed adopters
  Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
  44 signatures

• Ban probationary periods of more than three months for UK workers

• Ban probationary periods of more than three months for UK workers
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  149 signatures

• Require an account holder's consent for a direct debit to be increased
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  182 signatures

• Make Valentine day a bank holiday
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  27 signatures

• Introduce a Well-being of Future Generations Act, like they have in Wales
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  85 signatures

• Stop the exploitative practice of unpaid internships for students.
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  176 signatures

• Extend Statutory Adoption Leave and Pay to Special Guardians
  Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
  38 signatures

• Mandate doors on new supermarket fridges to reduce electricity use and emissions
  Open from Wednesday 1st February 2023 to Tuesday 1st August 2023
  101 signatures

• Issue Small-scale Renewable Energy Certificates (SREC) like Australia & USA
  Open from Tuesday 31st January 2023 to Monday 31st July 2023
  22 signatures

• Increase Statutory Maternity Pay to 12 months with 90% pay for 9 months
  Open from Tuesday 31st January 2023 to Monday 31st July 2023
  35 signatures

• Extend Maternity leave to full pay for 12 months when working
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  377 signatures

• Regulate courier companies in the same way the Royal Mail is regulated by Ofcom.
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  414 signatures

• Require drive through takeaways to print vehicle registrations on the packaging
  Open from Friday 27th January 2023 to Thursday 27th July 2023
  1,469 signatures

• Ban energy companies installing pre-payment meters without permission
  Open from Wednesday 25th January 2023 to Tuesday 25th July 2023
  30 signatures

• Raise The Trading Schemes Regulations 1997 £200 'liability limit' to £750
  Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
  39 signatures

• Issue grants to repay Covid Bounce Back Loans up to £8,000 for small businesses
  Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
  58 signatures

• Mandate employee profit sharing of dividend/bonus budgets for private businesses
  Open from Thursday 19th January 2023 to Wednesday 19th July 2023
  11 signatures

• A Royal Commission into the scientific efficacy of animal experimentation.
  Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
  2,181 signatures

• Add environmental damage as a public interest intervention ground for mergers
  Open from Monday 16th January 2023 to Sunday 16th July 2023
  25 signatures

• Increase mandatory paternity leave for fathers to at least 12 weeks with pay.
  Open from Friday 13th January 2023 to Thursday 13th July 2023
  286 signatures

• Make statutory redundancy pay 1.5 weeks per year of service for all workers
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  16 signatures

• Create new Rights to Repair for consumer electronics
  Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
  43 signatures

• Create legal requirements for HR staff to report suspected offences
  Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
  29 signatures

• Increase funding for bio-fuel plants
  Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
  15 signatures

• Supply electric heating pads, free of means testing, to pensioners
  Open from Monday 9th January 2023 to Sunday 9th July 2023
  11 signatures

• Ban the use of fireworks in residential areas.
  Open from Monday 9th January 2023 to Sunday 9th July 2023
  61 signatures

• Only allow fireworks to be used for official displays on Bonfire Night and NYE
  Open from Thursday 5th January 2023 to Wednesday 5th July 2023
  698 signatures

• Require Companies House to verify proof of address before registering a company
  Open from Wednesday 4th January 2023 to Tuesday 4th July 2023
  26 signatures

• Ban the sale of energy drinks to under 13s.
  Open from Thursday 29th December 2022 to Thursday 29th June 2023
  16 signatures

• Introduce at least one bank holiday per month in the United Kingdom.
  Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
  22 signatures

• Stop all new gas, oil and coal extraction
  Open from Thursday 15th December 2022 to Thursday 15th June 2023
  70 signatures

• Make it compulsory that paddle boards are sold with buoyancy aids
  Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
  382 signatures

• Do not introduce laws to restrict strike action
  Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
  5,123 signatures

• People Who Change Jobs Should Not Be Penalised By Losing Maternity Pay Rights
  Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
  52 signatures

• Ban fireworks after 10.00pm.
  Open from Monday 5th December 2022 to Monday 5th June 2023
  32 signatures

• Change Parental Leave eligibility to make leave equal for men and women
  Open from Monday 5th December 2022 to Monday 5th June 2023
  28 signatures

• Make the Warm Home Discount Scheme Accessible Again to the Most Vulnerable
  Open from Thursday 1st December 2022 to Thursday 1st June 2023
  894 signatures

• Mandatory carbon emissions traffic light score for all products and services
  Open from Wednesday 30th November 2022 to Tuesday 30th May 2023
  26 signatures

• To save energy, require shops to keep their doors closed during opening hours.
  Open from Friday 25th November 2022 to Thursday 25th May 2023
  57 signatures

• Pay rises and pay parity for firefighters, police and paramedics.
  Open from Thursday 24th November 2022 to Wednesday 24th May 2023
  112 signatures

• Veterans Day Bank Holiday the Monday following Remembrance Sunday
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  456 signatures

• Increase support for energy bills for households with disabled children
  Open from Tuesday 22nd November 2022 to Monday 22nd May 2023
  46 signatures

• Limit the price of residential electric vehicle chargers to energy price cap
  Open from Monday 21st November 2022 to Sunday 21st May 2023
  14 signatures

• Require food outlets to accept electronic payments
  Open from Tuesday 15th November 2022 to Monday 15th May 2023
  22 signatures

• Give working parents extra annual leave and support to cover school holidays
  Open from Monday 14th November 2022 to Sunday 14th May 2023
  24 signatures

• Make it mandatory for all bars and clubs to search bags and people on entry
  Open from Thursday 10th November 2022 to Wednesday 10th May 2023
  303 signatures

• Ban unsolicited junk mail
  Open from Thursday 10th November 2022 to Wednesday 10th May 2023
  38 signatures

• Ban the importation of wood pellets used for the generation of electricity.
  Open from Wednesday 9th November 2022 to Tuesday 9th May 2023
  69 signatures

• Introduce an unmetered monthly tariff for energy for the elderly and disabled
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  13,310 signatures

• Withdraw the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  12,072 signatures

• Prevent all new North Sea oil and gas exploration
  Open from Monday 7th November 2022 to Sunday 7th May 2023
  2,477 signatures

• Introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  2,427 signatures

• Create a fund to support people who lose their jobs to automation
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  14 signatures

• Abolish daylight saving changes. Keep British Summer Time of GMT +1 year round.
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  1,177 signatures

• Hold a referendum on whether to end annual clock changes
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  110 signatures

• Ban private firework displays after 8pm and the use of rockets in built up areas
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  62 signatures

• Restrict the sale and use of fireworks by the public to certain celebration days
  Open from Wednesday 2nd November 2022 to Tuesday 2nd May 2023
  53 signatures

• Mandatory warnings for venues and businesses that use strobe/flashing lights
  Open from Tuesday 1st November 2022 to Monday 1st May 2023
  71 signatures

• Require employers offer interviews to disabled job applicants
  Open from Monday 31st October 2022 to Sunday 30th April 2023
  38 signatures

• Ban all fireworks permanently, including displays.
  Open from Monday 31st October 2022 to Sunday 30th April 2023
  443 signatures

• Introduce mandatory minimum standards for inclusive product packaging
  Open from Monday 31st October 2022 to Sunday 30th April 2023
  2,256 signatures

• Ban use of fireworks by the public after 11pm, and organised displays after 1am
  Open from Friday 28th October 2022 to Friday 28th April 2023
  170 signatures

• A UK wide referendum on the forced introduction of the 2025/30/50 and EV rules
  Open from Friday 28th October 2022 to Friday 28th April 2023
  128 signatures

• Prevent the sale of Fireworks until the week of Bonfire Night and New Years
  Open from Friday 28th October 2022 to Friday 28th April 2023
  35 signatures

• Require a licence to buy or release any fireworks
  Open from Friday 28th October 2022 to Friday 28th April 2023
  2,217 signatures

• Introduce right to 'Net Metering' for generation of renewable energy
  Open from Wednesday 26th October 2022 to Wednesday 26th April 2023
  24 signatures

• Require climate and working standards label on all clothes
  Open from Wednesday 26th October 2022 to Wednesday 26th April 2023
  34 signatures

• Extend paid paternity leave to 2 months
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  54 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into the sale of Royal Mail
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  280 signatures

• Withdraw the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
  Open from Friday 21st October 2022 to Friday 21st April 2023
  4,555 signatures

• Reinstate the two year energy price guarantee
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  47 signatures

• Introduce new restrictions on the purchase and release of fireworks
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  53 signatures

• Bring Royal Mail back into public ownership
  Open from Wednesday 19th October 2022 to Wednesday 19th April 2023
  8,984 signatures

• Require Electricity Suppliers to actively promote Carbon Intensity awareness
  Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
  17 signatures

• Keep the May 1st 2023 Bank Holiday on that date and not move it to May 8th
  Open from Monday 17th October 2022 to Monday 17th April 2023
  418 signatures

• Give employees rights and support to buy employers as co-ops when facing closure
  Open from Monday 17th October 2022 to Monday 17th April 2023
  16 signatures

• Require employers to offer paid menstruation leave
  Open from Friday 14th October 2022 to Friday 14th April 2023
  195 signatures

• Ban all disposable plastic bags.
  Open from Wednesday 12th October 2022 to Wednesday 12th April 2023
  44 signatures

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