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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• Allow facial treatments (waxing, eyelash etc) in beauty salons now.
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  124 signatures

• Provide funding and guidance to save apprenticeships during Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  57 signatures

• Make all Electric Vehicle Charging Points accept contactless payment.
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  1,108 signatures

• Create career development grants for those who lost livelihoods due to COVID19
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  12 signatures

• For all Leather/Hide/Fur products to state which animal it is sourced from
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  112 signatures

• Require Covid-19 cleaning and hygiene standards continue to be met post-outbreak
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  26 signatures

• Require 1 week's notice be given of any use of fireworks in a residential area
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  115 signatures

• Let Us Dance - Support nightclubs, dance music events and festivals
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  146,188 signatures

• Require labels on all products showing water and carbon usage in manufacture
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  56 signatures

• Protect retail workers from abusive customers
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  50 signatures

• Retain British Summer Time [BST] for Winter 20/21
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  822 signatures

• Change the official units of measurement from Metric back to Imperial
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  41 signatures

• Require restaurants to supply all nutritional information for dishes.
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  267 signatures

• Create financial incentives for employers who retain contractors
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  12 signatures

• Require UKAS traders to provide proof of accreditation and insurance with quote
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  11 signatures

• Declare “Tested on Animals” on packaging for any product tested on animals
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  14,615 signatures

• Temporarily ban the sale and use of disposable barbecues during lockdown
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  19 signatures

• Introduce age restrictions for the sale of barbecues and matches
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  37 signatures

• Extend the Statutory Paternity Leave to minimum 4 weeks.
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  197 signatures

• Increase the amount of paid paternity leave fathers receive to 2 months.
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  22 signatures

• Government should help small businesses by paying rent in full or part
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  336 signatures

• Stop All Petrol Stations from selling Alcohol after 10pm/ 24hours
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  17 signatures

• Protect Retail Workers from Abuse, Threats and Violence.
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  104,354 signatures

• Sunday trading be removed and licensed premises shut before midnight each day.
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  11 signatures

• Allow online voting in statutory union votes, including strike ballots
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  197 signatures

• bring forward the deadline set by the 2008 Climate change act from 2050 to 2030
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  38 signatures

• Require companies to match employment conditions for reemployed workers.
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  2,167 signatures

• Nationalise Royal Mail again!
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  43 signatures

• Adapt and Adopt Italy's Marcora Law and Mutualistic Fund Scheme
  Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
  46 signatures

• The government to allow the opening of nightclubs.
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  12,161 signatures

• Financially support all companies manufacturing or producing biodegradeable PPE
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  34 signatures

• For carbon neutrality end the use of gas for heat by domestic properties by 2050
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  32 signatures

• Limit the Sale and Use of Fireworks to Organisers of Licensed Displays Only
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  301,611 signatures

• Require all companies to remove personal information during application process
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  71 signatures

• Introduce Black History Independence Day
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  124 signatures

• Make it legal requirement to close shops on bank holidays INCLUDING BOXING DAY
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  295 signatures

• The proposed bank holiday in October should be called Trafalgar Day
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  14 signatures

• Create a new bank holiday in October
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  25 signatures

• Change the early May bank holiday to coincide with and celebrate VE Day
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  20 signatures

• Make Companies who make furloughed employees redundant pay them a retraining fee
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  83 signatures

• Ask UK Government to nationalise British Airways
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  725 signatures

• Legal requirement that online retailers show the country of manufacture.
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  1,722 signatures

• Tax reliefs for SMEs & larger Companies who use Micro-entities & SE as suppliers
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  10 signatures

• List which country components come from for products which are 'made in the UK'
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  82 signatures

• Support Dance schools and venues that provide dance activities amidst COVID-19
  Open from Tuesday 14th July 2020 to Thursday 14th January 2021
  2,518 signatures

• Extend Covid-19 grants to rural businesses exempt from business rates
  Open from Tuesday 14th July 2020 to Thursday 14th January 2021
  141 signatures

• Ban yearly increases while in a committed contract.
  Open from Monday 13th July 2020 to Wednesday 13th January 2021
  20 signatures

• Replace the undertaking in difficulty requirement in CBILS and Bounce Back loans
  Open from Monday 13th July 2020 to Wednesday 13th January 2021
  17 signatures

• Make Internet sellers list goods' country of origin.
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  1,325 signatures

• Give business with prolonged closure due to Covid-19 additional grant funding
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  694 signatures

• Bring back our manufacturing, and put Britain first
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  49 signatures

• Ban the burning of woodland/forest derived biomass for electricity generation
  Open from Thursday 9th July 2020 to Saturday 9th January 2021
  996 signatures

• Class Feminine Hygiene Products as Medical Devices.
  Open from Wednesday 8th July 2020 to Friday 8th January 2021
  771 signatures

• Extend paternity leave for new fathers/partners during Covid-19 lockdown.
  Open from Tuesday 7th July 2020 to Thursday 7th January 2021
  20 signatures

• Extend protections from unfair dismissal to employees when they pass probation
  Open from Monday 6th July 2020 to Wednesday 6th January 2021
  221 signatures

• Stop Chinese State-Owned companies from buying UK companies or assets
  Open from Friday 3rd July 2020 to Sunday 3rd January 2021
  1,808 signatures

• Increase the rateable valuable limit for business grants in the leisure industry
  Open from Friday 3rd July 2020 to Sunday 3rd January 2021
  9 signatures

• Prevent employees being dismissed for lawful communications made outside work
  Open from Friday 3rd July 2020 to Sunday 3rd January 2021
  22 signatures

• Make it illegal for energy providers to charge more per unit for pre-paid energy
  Open from Friday 3rd July 2020 to Sunday 3rd January 2021
  28 signatures

• Give new fathers a right to six weeks paid paternity leave
  Open from Friday 3rd July 2020 to Sunday 3rd January 2021
  667 signatures

• Reduce the maximum working hours to 30 hours per week after Covid-19 lockdown
  Open from Friday 3rd July 2020 to Sunday 3rd January 2021
  38 signatures

• Extend Paternity Leave by 3 months with pay in light of Covid-19
  Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
  14 signatures

• Hold a public vote on any Government bailouts to individual companies
  Open from Monday 29th June 2020 to Tuesday 29th December 2020
  18 signatures

• Make August 1st of each year a bank holiday - the 'Abolition of Slavery Day'
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  3,056 signatures

• Help protect our environment by permanently banning unnecessary travel to work
  Open from Wednesday 17th June 2020 to Thursday 17th December 2020
  48 signatures

• Make Anti-Racism training mandatory in all UK workplaces
  Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
  12,569 signatures

• Give parents a right to paid leave to care for vulnerable or disabled children
  Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
  21 signatures

• Rebuild the economy out of lockdown with a Green New Deal
  Open from Monday 15th June 2020 to Tuesday 15th December 2020
  27,768 signatures

• UKRI should extend all PhD students affected by COVID-19
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  8,431 signatures

• Create a new standards body, similar to Ofgem etc, to regulate courier services
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  25 signatures

• Require suitable businesses offer remote & flexible working to employees
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  265 signatures

• Study impact of home working on health & the environment and act on the results
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  105 signatures

• Raise the minimum wage for Domiciliary Care Workers to £12 per hour immediately
  Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
  281 signatures

• Release unredacted minutes of SAGE group meetings
  Open from Friday 5th June 2020 to Saturday 5th December 2020
  40 signatures

• Extend the Covid-19 business rates relief to cover human and animal healthcare
  Open from Tuesday 2nd June 2020 to Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  7,255 signatures

• Ban the use of fireworks during the Covid-19 lockdown period.
  Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
  583 signatures

• Require employers to compensate workers if shifts are cancelled at short notice
  Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
  20 signatures

• Prevent companies making employees redundant or laying them off due to COVID-19
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  33 signatures

• Allow shops selling essential baby supplies to open on an appointment basis.
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  46 signatures

• Re-open local & small businesses BEFORE larger corporations after lockdown
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  39 signatures

• Increase minimum wage for social care staff to £10.72
  Open from Wednesday 27th May 2020 to Friday 27th November 2020
  448 signatures

• Require employers to reimburse staff for any extra costs of working from home
  Open from Tuesday 19th May 2020 to Thursday 19th November 2020
  33 signatures

• Make it illegal to sell products above the RRP
  Open from Monday 18th May 2020 to Wednesday 18th November 2020
  19 signatures

• National holiday of remembrance of those who died during the virus covid-19
  Open from Monday 18th May 2020 to Wednesday 18th November 2020
  56 signatures

• Reduce the price cap of gas and electricity during the UK Lockdown
  Open from Monday 18th May 2020 to Wednesday 18th November 2020
  39 signatures

• Provide a rescue package for UK scientific research
  Open from Tuesday 12th May 2020 to Thursday 12th November 2020
  18 signatures

• Bring back Sundays being a day of rest.
  Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
  283 signatures

• All products sold in the UK to be clearly labelled with country of origin
  Open from Friday 1st May 2020 to Sunday 1st November 2020
  668 signatures

• Make the Monday after Mothering Sunday 2021 an extra bank holiday.
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  109 signatures

• Protect essential workers from contracting and spreading Covid-19.
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  23 signatures

• Ensure that the national minimum wage is a living wage.
  Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
  649 signatures

• Increase the budget for the UK Space Agency to £5 billion by 2024
  Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
  20 signatures

• Prohibit companies from delivering leaflets to houses until the lockdown ends.
  Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
  42 signatures

• Lockdown food shops to stop spreading viruses
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  8 signatures

• Close all food stores on a Sunday during this lockdown
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  9 signatures

• Extend maternity leave by 3 months with pay in light of COVID-19
  Open from Monday 20th April 2020 to Tuesday 20th October 2020
  238,884 signatures

• Remove firms discretion and obligate firms to furlough employees where eligible.
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  898 signatures

• Require airlines to stop school holiday price hikes if they receive bail out
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  37 signatures

• A yearly 2 week period where everything shuts down to let the world heal
  Open from Tuesday 14th April 2020 to Wednesday 14th October 2020
  80 signatures

• Encourage credit agencies to show consideration to negative transactions
  Open from Thursday 9th April 2020 to Friday 9th October 2020
  31 signatures

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