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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• Require homebuilders to have insurance to cover full cost of build over £1k
  Open from Wednesday 25th May 2022 to Friday 9th December 2022
  77 signatures

• Subsidise a 'basic' amount of electricity for households
  Open from Wednesday 25th May 2022 to Friday 9th December 2022
  209 signatures

• Make mental health first aiders a legal requirement in the workplace.
  Open from Tuesday 24th May 2022 to Thursday 8th December 2022
  47 signatures

• Make home sellers liable for costs incurred by buyers if they pull out
  Open from Tuesday 24th May 2022 to Thursday 8th December 2022
  51 signatures

• Ban sale of fireworks to the public and limit sales to licensed displays only
  Open from Monday 23rd May 2022 to Wednesday 7th December 2022
  48,955 signatures

• Appoint a Hospitality tsar
  Open from Friday 20th May 2022 to Sunday 4th December 2022
  12 signatures

• Bring forward the Net Zero emissions target to 2030
  Open from Thursday 12th May 2022 to Saturday 26th November 2022
  91 signatures

• Require all electrical installations to be carried out by qualified electricians
  Open from Wednesday 11th May 2022 to Friday 25th November 2022
  450 signatures

• Ban the advertisement of high cost debt - 12 percent plus base rate
  Open from Monday 9th May 2022 to Wednesday 23rd November 2022
  741 signatures

• Bring in promised legislation to regulate heat networks to give users parity
  Open from Monday 9th May 2022 to Wednesday 23rd November 2022
  19 signatures

• Rename the early May bank holiday 'Union Day'
  Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
  76 signatures

• Require large companies to only use responsibly sourced palm oil in products.
  Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
  102 signatures

• Reduce the electricity Green Levy for home Heat Pump owners to the same as gas
  Open from Wednesday 4th May 2022 to Friday 18th November 2022
  50 signatures

• Adopt British Double Summer Time, and British Standard Time in winter
  Open from Wednesday 4th May 2022 to Friday 18th November 2022
  42 signatures

• Review licence fees and financial support for hydro generation
  Open from Friday 29th April 2022 to Saturday 12th November 2022
  693 signatures

• Make it illegal to import, sell or release sky lanterns
  Open from Friday 29th April 2022 to Saturday 12th November 2022
  208 signatures

• Make it legal to smoke in pubs after 9pm
  Open from Thursday 28th April 2022 to Friday 11th November 2022
  30 signatures

• Remove the minimum 2 years work criteria to claim Constructive dismissal
  Open from Thursday 28th April 2022 to Friday 11th November 2022
  74 signatures

• Establish a Royal Commission on Tidal Energy and Coastal Defence
  Open from Wednesday 27th April 2022 to Thursday 10th November 2022
  67 signatures

• Keep May 30th as a Bank Holiday
  Open from Tuesday 26th April 2022 to Wednesday 9th November 2022
  14 signatures

• We want the UK Government to appoint a dedicated Minister for Manufacturing.
  Open from Monday 25th April 2022 to Tuesday 8th November 2022
  1,239 signatures

• Take urgent actions to address the extreme cost of living crisis
  Open from Monday 25th April 2022 to Tuesday 8th November 2022
  1,506 signatures

• Require age-verification for hook-up apps and websites
  Open from Friday 22nd April 2022 to Saturday 5th November 2022
  211 signatures

• Do not require a Energy Performance rating of "C" for private lets after 2025/28
  Open from Thursday 21st April 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022
  19 signatures

• Ban non-compostable multi-layer material food packaging by 2030
  Open from Wednesday 20th April 2022 to Thursday 3rd November 2022
  137 signatures

• Keep The Fracking Ban
  Open from Tuesday 19th April 2022 to Wednesday 2nd November 2022
  4,710 signatures

• Stop investing in new nuclear power in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 19th April 2022 to Wednesday 2nd November 2022
  221 signatures

• Make it mandatory for restaurants to donate left-overs to local food banks.
  Open from Tuesday 19th April 2022 to Wednesday 2nd November 2022
  137 signatures

• Fund a manned spaceflight programme
  Open from Thursday 14th April 2022 to Friday 28th October 2022
  13 signatures

• Mandatory pregnancy warnings on all alcohol containers
  Open from Wednesday 13th April 2022 to Thursday 27th October 2022
  310 signatures

• Make zero hour contracts illegal
  Open from Wednesday 13th April 2022 to Thursday 27th October 2022
  53 signatures

• Provide maternity leave and pay for pregnancies terminated after 20 weeks
  Open from Wednesday 13th April 2022 to Thursday 27th October 2022
  96 signatures

• Extend the energy price cap to communal heat networks
  Open from Tuesday 12th April 2022 to Wednesday 26th October 2022
  699 signatures

• Fund grants for installation of solar panels and battery storage for households
  Open from Tuesday 12th April 2022 to Wednesday 26th October 2022
  126 signatures

• Set minimum rate for energy companies to pay people who export excess energy
  Open from Friday 8th April 2022 to Saturday 22nd October 2022
  136 signatures

• Raise the level of the Feed In Tariff (FIT) for those with home Solar Panels.
  Open from Friday 8th April 2022 to Saturday 22nd October 2022
  67 signatures

• Extend the Warm Home Discount to everyone with a disability
  Open from Thursday 7th April 2022 to Friday 21st October 2022
  65 signatures

• Extend statutory paternity pay to the self-employed
  Open from Thursday 7th April 2022 to Friday 21st October 2022
  337 signatures

• Stop changing the clocks - Keep British Summer Time all year
  Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
  309 signatures

• Make Monday 21st November 2022 A Bank Holiday as England KO at 1pm in the FIFAWC
  Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
  42 signatures

• Ban the sale of flying plastic rings to help protect marine wildlife
  Open from Tuesday 5th April 2022 to Wednesday 19th October 2022
  2,996 signatures

• Ban unsolicited mail where a “no junk mail” sign is displayed
  Open from Tuesday 5th April 2022 to Wednesday 19th October 2022
  34 signatures

• Make Eid a public holiday
  Open from Monday 4th April 2022 to Tuesday 18th October 2022
  87 signatures

• Ban the sale of disposable vapes.
  Open from Thursday 31st March 2022 to Friday 14th October 2022
  1,907 signatures

• Prohibit the sale and possession of Nazi memorabilia
  Open from Wednesday 30th March 2022 to Friday 14th October 2022
  41 signatures

• Repeal the Climate Change Act 2008
  Open from Monday 28th March 2022 to Wednesday 12th October 2022
  374 signatures

• Create new rights for breastfeeding mothers in the workplace
  Open from Monday 28th March 2022 to Wednesday 12th October 2022
  196 signatures

• Increase minimum wage for licensed security workers to £15 an hour
  Open from Friday 25th March 2022 to Sunday 9th October 2022
  11,475 signatures

• Create a right for all employees to have essential work travel expenses covered
  Open from Wednesday 23rd March 2022 to Friday 7th October 2022
  141 signatures

• Increase statutory maternity pay for working mothers to 6 months at 90%
  Open from Wednesday 23rd March 2022 to Friday 7th October 2022
  2,646 signatures

• Set up a funding scheme for scientists fleeing the war in Ukraine
  Open from Wednesday 23rd March 2022 to Friday 7th October 2022
  383 signatures

• Subsidise electricity costs for Electric Vehicle owners and EV charging points
  Open from Wednesday 23rd March 2022 to Friday 7th October 2022
  52 signatures

• Enable Ofgem to set a Variable Price cap based on Usage and Council Tax Band
  Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
  40 signatures

• Create new publicly owned solar energy company to address fuel & climate crisis
  Open from Thursday 17th March 2022 to Saturday 1st October 2022
  864 signatures

• Require petrol stations list country of origin of fuel at the pump
  Open from Thursday 17th March 2022 to Saturday 1st October 2022
  33 signatures

• Online retailers to state countries of manufacture and origin on all products.
  Open from Wednesday 16th March 2022 to Friday 30th September 2022
  28 signatures

• Introduce grants for home battery storage systems
  Open from Monday 14th March 2022 to Wednesday 28th September 2022
  343 signatures

• Allow 16s and over to work 3 hours on a school day, but not during school hours
  Open from Monday 14th March 2022 to Wednesday 28th September 2022
  25 signatures

• Hold a referendum on the UK meeting net zero much earlier than 2050.
  Open from Friday 11th March 2022 to Sunday 25th September 2022
  147 signatures

• Provide an energy grant to people with a disability or serious medical condition
  Open from Monday 7th March 2022 to Wednesday 7th September 2022
  16,303 signatures

• Ban trading on Sundays
  Open from Thursday 3rd March 2022 to Saturday 3rd September 2022
  22 signatures

• Do not give consent to the Rampion2 windfarm extension off the coast of Sussex
  Open from Thursday 3rd March 2022 to Saturday 3rd September 2022
  77 signatures

• Ban all UK trade with Russia and Belarus until Russian troops leave Ukraine
  Open from Wednesday 2nd March 2022 to Friday 2nd September 2022
  153 signatures

• Increase our minimum wages by at least 12.2% in April 2022
  Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
  77 signatures

• Require energy suppliers report nation of origin of oil and gas supplies
  Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
  182 signatures

• Make posting fake negative reviews a criminal offence
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  11 signatures

• Create an independent body to regulate the personal development industry
  Open from Friday 25th February 2022 to Thursday 25th August 2022
  168 signatures

• Reintroduce Feed-in Tariffs for domestic solar panels
  Open from Friday 25th February 2022 to Thursday 25th August 2022
  70 signatures

• Legal requirement that all job adverts include rate of pay/salary
  Open from Thursday 24th February 2022 to Wednesday 24th August 2022
  322 signatures

• Change legal age for buying alcohol to 21 and require alcohol to be covered up
  Open from Wednesday 23rd February 2022 to Tuesday 23rd August 2022
  37 signatures

• Require owners register trampolines so they can be traced if it is displaced
  Open from Wednesday 23rd February 2022 to Tuesday 23rd August 2022
  11 signatures

• Revoke IR35 Legislation
  Open from Wednesday 23rd February 2022 to Tuesday 23rd August 2022
  126 signatures

• Revoke Development Consent for the Riverside Energy Park in SE London
  Open from Tuesday 22nd February 2022 to Monday 22nd August 2022
  209 signatures

• End the ban on fracking
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  18,821 signatures

• Protect the titles of Interpreters and Translators in law
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  796 signatures

• Make International Women's Day 8th March a public holiday in the UK.
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  98 signatures

• Make it compulsory for schools and workplaces to have recycling bins
  Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
  61 signatures

• Legally ban the consumption of alcohol in the workplace
  Open from Thursday 10th February 2022 to Wednesday 10th August 2022
  29 signatures

• Return all Utilities to National UK Government Ownership.
  Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
  72 signatures

• Ban the use of prepayment meters for energy provision.
  Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
  161 signatures

• Suspend the green levies on domestic fuel immediately.
  Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
  237 signatures

• Nationalise Energy Companies
  Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
  109,310 signatures

• Make working from home a legal right for disabled workers
  Open from Monday 7th February 2022 to Sunday 7th August 2022
  20 signatures

• Require sanitary products are made available in all public and workplace toilets
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  99 signatures

• Make it illegal for companies to have different dress codes for men and women
  Open from Tuesday 1st February 2022 to Monday 1st August 2022
  28 signatures

• Give parents rights to 26-weeks paid leave to give children palliative care
  Open from Monday 31st January 2022 to Sunday 31st July 2022
  163 signatures

• Subsidise energy prices to offset any increase in the energy price cap
  Open from Monday 24th January 2022 to Sunday 24th July 2022
  311 signatures

• Change Statutory Paternity Pay to 90% of average weekly earnings.
  Open from Thursday 20th January 2022 to Wednesday 20th July 2022
  95 signatures

• Include Gyms and leisure centres in new Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant
  Open from Tuesday 18th January 2022 to Monday 18th July 2022
  20 signatures

• Set up a task force to consider how the UK could thrive in a warmer climate
  Open from Monday 17th January 2022 to Sunday 17th July 2022
  29 signatures

• Extend the national minimum wage to self-employed workers
  Open from Thursday 13th January 2022 to Wednesday 13th July 2022
  35 signatures

• Hold an urgent inquiry into the energy crisis, and remove VAT on fuel
  Open from Wednesday 12th January 2022 to Tuesday 12th July 2022
  4,184 signatures

• Remove environmental and social obligation charges for electricity
  Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
  106 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into unfair business practices during the pandemic
  Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
  64 signatures

• Require packaging of animal products to show images of the manufacture process
  Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
  48 signatures

• Require transformers and overhead cables be insulated & earthed to protect birds
  Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
  29 signatures

• Set up an independent regulator to monitor and regulate vehicle fuel pricing
  Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
  11,563 signatures

• Require all products clearly labelled with Animal Testing where appropriate
  Open from Friday 7th January 2022 to Thursday 7th July 2022
  43 signatures

• Ban the sale of fireworks to protect animals
  Open from Wednesday 5th January 2022 to Tuesday 5th July 2022
  102 signatures

• Fund autism awareness training for employers and staff
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  389 signatures

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