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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• Give job candidates a legal entitlement to constructive feedback after interview
  Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
  43 signatures

• Give employees a statutory right to time off for assisted conception inc. IVF
  Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
  113 signatures

• Make it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of appearance
  Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
  50 signatures

• Provide grants for energy costs for people who are shielding
  Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
  26 signatures

• Legislate that employers must allow non-essential employees to work from home
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  50 signatures

• Create a scheme to legally recognise those exempt from wearing face masks
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  435 signatures

• On-line vendors to show the country of manufacture for items sold in the UK.
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  2,766 signatures

• Extend entitlements to breaks to nursing mothers working under 6 hour shifts
  Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
  49 signatures

• Raise minimum wage to £10.50 for 25+, To comply with inflation and living costs
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  39 signatures

• Lower alcohol tax for pubs and all hospitality sectors due to COVID-19
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  39 signatures

• Make it illegal to force employees to use annual leave to cover self isolation
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  67 signatures

• A national holiday and day of remembrance for those lost in the COVID pandemic
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  10,648 signatures

• Ban phone companies in the UK from charging any roaming charges
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  59 signatures

• Require all essential retailers to sanitise trolleys & baskets between customers
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  59 signatures

• Give pregnant women unable to work from home rights to be suspended on full pay
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  85 signatures

• Restrict sale of all rodenticide "poison" products to licensed users
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  430 signatures

• Create an executive non-departmental public body for Hospitality
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  12 signatures

• Close Garden Centres and Nurseries during the Lockdown
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  51 signatures

• Require calories to be displayed on all alcoholic drinks
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  40 signatures

• Work to establish a global Severance Guarantee Fund for clothing supply chains
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  17 signatures

• Covid-secure certification to allow businesses to open during lockdowns
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  123 signatures

• Support Companies and Staff to work from Home with a Work From Home Grant
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  22 signatures

• Ban plug socket ‘safety’ covers and raise awareness of the risks they can create
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  77 signatures

• Under 16 smartphone ban
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  17 signatures

• Employers to pay for employee's break times.
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  35 signatures

• Require mobile phones sold in the UK to be repairable by consumers
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  1,093 signatures

• Allocated time for fireworks to be set off on 5th November.
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  57 signatures

• Review plans for a Category C prison at Full Sutton
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  1,319 signatures

• Review the law on lone night working to reduce risk to employees in hospitality

• Create a COVID rating system for leisure facilities & increase financial aid.
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  8 signatures

• Consider hair loss clinics to be essential businesses during lockdown situations
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  41 signatures

• Make temperature checks mandatory in all shops.
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  20 signatures

• Set a 5-year plan to lead the UK to self-sustainability, less reliance on others
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  26 signatures

• New public holiday 2nd to 5th July 2021 to celebrate a postponed Christmas 2020
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  47 signatures

• Make June 23rd a bank holiday to celebrate UK Independence Day
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  45 signatures

• Create an extra bank holiday at Easter 2021 to let people make up for Xmas
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  13 signatures

• Increase the number of Bank Holidays/Public Holidays
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  43 signatures

• Require all key and essential workers be paid at least the Real Living Wage
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  1,251 signatures

• Defer Christmas & Boxing Day holidays of 2020 to summer of 2021
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  58 signatures

• Create UK Bank Holidays on 25th and 28th June 2021 in lieu of Christmas 2020
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  155 signatures

• Christmas in July - 2 extra days off on Friday 23rd and Monday 26th July 2021
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  311 signatures

• Extra Bank Holiday when Covid restrictions are finally lifted
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  69 signatures

• Introduce a "France style" repair and longevity label on electronic products.
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  50 signatures

• Ban the use of fireworks in residential areas
  Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
  161 signatures

• Close all businesses on boxing day to allow people to enjoy family time in 2020
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  35 signatures

• Regulate the role of Funeral Directors
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  3,041 signatures

• Mandatory Hazard Pay for all workers on the front line in the COVID-19 pandemic
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  113 signatures

• Mandatory Braille labels on all items sold in supermarkets
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  336 signatures

• Prevent/deter the buying and reselling of goods/services at inflated prices.
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  18,273 signatures

• Amend the law so that fireworks can not be used after 9pm from October to March
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  53 signatures

• Reduce working time required for rest breaks
  Open from Wednesday 9th December 2020 to Wednesday 9th June 2021
  24 signatures

• Require occupational pension funds be held independently of employer
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  14 signatures

• Seek to secure international ban on fracking at COP26
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  1,524 signatures

• Require all non-essential retail stores to close on Boxing Day
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  52 signatures

• Restrict the use of zero hours contracts
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  22 signatures

• Shut large food stores on Christmas Eve 2020
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  11 signatures

• Provide a grant equal to November 2019 revenues for businesses required to close
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  8 signatures

• Increase the minimum wage to £10.00 an hour
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  36 signatures

• Work with Ofgem to increase use of voltage optimisation across UK power networks
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  397 signatures

• Provide the Weddings & Entertainment sector with a road map to recovery.
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  249 signatures

• Get rid of the cap on statutory redundancy pay
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  13 signatures

• Pay workers for the extra hour when the clock goes back in October.
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  36 signatures

• Ban excess packaging (eg. plastic wrapped items within more plastic, multipacks)
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  72 signatures

• Require all retailers to close on Boxing Day
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  384 signatures

• 'Take Out to Help Out' Scheme to Save our Hospitality Industry
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  111 signatures

• Require all large shops to close on Boxing Day and New Year's Day this year
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  12 signatures

• Introduce a deposit payment scheme for cigarette butts
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  44 signatures

• Make the 24th December 2020 a Bank Holiday
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  12 signatures

• Require online businesses to verify advertisers' identity to protect consumers
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  198 signatures

• Extend requirement to close on Christmas Day to all shops for 2020
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  38 signatures

• Bank Holiday to recognise unity during Covid Pandemic
  Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
  18 signatures

• Give British Business Bank the ability to lend and open small business accounts
  Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
  13 signatures

• Make 26th & 27th July 2021 a one off Double Bank Holiday - Christmas in July!
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  81 signatures

• Increase SMP by 4 weeks at 90% pay when a baby is born before 37 weeks
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  98 signatures

• Ban unpaid overtime!
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  26 signatures

• Require all online businesses to verify identity of advertisers to prevent scam

• Ban the sale and use of sky lanterns
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  74 signatures

• Require clear labelling on all products linked to deforestation.
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  590 signatures

• Ban the marketing of relaxer and perm products for children
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  11 signatures

• Limit cigarette pack size & limit sales to one per customer and increase taxes
  Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
  61 signatures

• Make hidden disability awareness mandatory in the workplace
  Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
  60 signatures

• Only allow the use of Fireworks in residential areas by the public on 5 November
  Open from Tuesday 17th November 2020 to Monday 17th May 2021
  39 signatures

• Remove opening hour restrictions on licenced venues but impose three drink limit
  Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
  16 signatures

• Make it illegal for fireworks to be set off on days other than Nov 5 and Dec 31
  Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
  194 signatures

• Bring forward British Summer Time by two weeks in 2021
  Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
  54 signatures

• Make commercial dog walking a licensed and regulated profession
  Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
  28 signatures

• Investigation into Legal Expenses Insurance sold by Building Societies and Banks
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  11 signatures

• Ban the advertisement of gambling websites and apps
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  387 signatures

• Extend paid maternity leave by at least four months
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  56,988 signatures

• Change our time zone to Single/Double British Summertime (SDST)
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  63 signatures

• Mandatory QR codes on hazardous goods that link to material safety data sheets
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  15 signatures

• Stop essential retailers selling non-essential goods in stores during lockdown
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  76 signatures

• Require shops to have their lights switched off after closing
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  63 signatures

• Require cancellation of an auto-renewing service to be as accessible as the sale
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  346 signatures

• Stop the sale of fireworks to the general public.
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  4,073 signatures

• Ban the release of fireworks after 10pm, including on bonfire night
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  83 signatures

• Implement restrictions on how many items people can buy in supermarkets
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  14 signatures

• Extend SMP to 12 Months for Babies Born in 2020 due to COVID-19
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  54 signatures

• Raise the minimum wage for supermarket workers to the real living wage
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  237 signatures

• Make "Owain Glyndŵr Day" on September 16th a public holiday in Wales
  Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
  73 signatures

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