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794283

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish all external guidance and advice his Department has received on the proposals to adopt the lesser duty rule as part of any future trade remedy scheme as set out in the Taxation (Cross Border Trade) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	115256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s trade remedies regime will provide robust protections for UK industry suffering from injury, caused by dumped or subsidised imports, or unforeseen import surges. To ensure these protections are proportionate, the regime will set measures at the level necessary to address the injury to UK industry (known as the lesser duty rule), and apply an economic interest test as part of the independent investigation process (similar to the existing Union interest test in the EU).</p><p>We have been engaging with stakeholders on how these elements of the regime will work in practice, and are committed to continuing that engagement. This process will also be informed by economic research commissioned by this Department through public tender to provide evidence on the design and implementation of a future trade remedies framework.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier grouped question UIN 115257 question first answered 04/12/2017 11:13:07 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

794284

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what external advice he has received on the application of an economic interest test as part of any future trade remedy scheme after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	115257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s trade remedies regime will provide robust protections for UK industry suffering from injury, caused by dumped or subsidised imports, or unforeseen import surges. To ensure these protections are proportionate, the regime will set measures at the level necessary to address the injury to UK industry (known as the lesser duty rule), and apply an economic interest test as part of the independent investigation process (similar to the existing Union interest test in the EU).</p><p>We have been engaging with stakeholders on how these elements of the regime will work in practice, and are committed to continuing that engagement. This process will also be informed by economic research commissioned by this Department through public tender to provide evidence on the design and implementation of a future trade remedies framework.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier grouped question UIN 115256 question first answered 04/12/2017 11:13:07 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

794442

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to his oral Answer on 23 November, what discussion he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the additional funding for his Department following the Autumn Budget 2017 and how many additional staff he plans to recruit as a result of that additional funding.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced in Budget, a further £3 billion has been set aside for Brexit preparations over the next two years, and the Department will work with HM Treasury, to ensure it receives the additional funding it needs in 2018-19. The number of additional staff recruited will be agreed as part of this process.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 01/12/2017 13:30:11 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794498

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Arbitration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2017 to Question 113324, how many departmental staff are involved in the process of establishing a trade remedies framework.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	115471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has 21 departmental staff who work primarily on the process of establishing a trade remedies framework.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 01/12/2017 14:13:42 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

794500

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Arbitration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2017 to Question 113324, how many (a) seconded and (b) newly-hired staff were offered employment in his Department to assist in establishing a trade remedies framework during the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	115473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>During the last twelve months, the Department for International Trade has hired 19 new staff and seconded one member of staff on loan from another Government department, to work on establishing a trade remedies framework which includes the Trade Remedies Authority. Seven of those were hired from outside the Civil Service. None have been seconded from outside the Civil Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier grouped question UIN 115520 question first answered 01/12/2017 14:06:21 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

794509

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Trade Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2017 to Question 113264, if will he establish a contingency plan for the eventuality that the WTO will not allow the UK an Annex on Article II (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment) for exemptions under GATS.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	115482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK has been a Member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) since its founding in 1995. Thereby, the UK already has established exemptions to the Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment obligation under the terms of the GATS Annex on Article II Exemptions. As the UK leaves the EU, we intend to set out in a separate list the exemptions that already apply to the UK, under the terms of the Annex on Article II Exemptions.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 01/12/2017 13:04:14 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

794513

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2017 to Question 113267, if his Department will include Commonwealth representation at such Trade and Investment Working Groups in future.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	115486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Denton and Reddish to the answer given to him by my Rt Hon Friend the Minister of State for Trade Policy on 21 November, UIN: 113267. This is a bilateral working group and as such involves only the US and the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 01/12/2017 13:15:39 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

794516

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Arbitration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer 21 November 2017 to Question 110584, on trade agreements: arbitration, what his Department's definition is of invested resources.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	115489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has dedicated the required number of staff, and the budget, to ensure the legislation, policy and operational plans for the new trade remedies framework are designed and implemented effectively.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 01/12/2017 13:39:27 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

794547

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Arbitration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2017 to Question 111497, how many (a) seconded and (b) external staff have been hired by his Department to work as part of the trade remedies investigating authority in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	115520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>During the last twelve months, the Department for International Trade has hired 19 new staff and seconded one member of staff on loan from another Government department, to work on establishing a trade remedies framework which includes the Trade Remedies Authority. Seven of those were hired from outside the Civil Service. None have been seconded from outside the Civil Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier grouped question UIN 115473 question first answered 01/12/2017 14:06:21 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

794565

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to upgrade the Department’s website to attract more foreign investment.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	115538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p><a href="https://www.great.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Great.gov.uk</a> was launched in November 2017. The platform’s purpose is to help UK businesses secure their place on the global stage and present and promote the UK as a natural choice for overseas investment. DIT continuously monitors the site for opportunities to upgrade.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, <a href="https://invest.great.gov.uk/" target="_blank">invest.great.gov.uk</a> was launched in January 2017 and for China from February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>invest.great.gov.uk targets investors in eight languages: from November 2016 in German, Chinese and English; from January 2017 in Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese; from February 2017 Arabic; and, French followed in February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Sector content is also updated regularly which now includes: Automotive, Creative, Health and Life Sciences, Energy, Financial Services, and Technology, with later additions in Retail, Food and Drink, Aerospace, and Advanced Manufacturing.</p><p>All content and features will be developed according to the processes outlined in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard" target="_blank">Government’s Digital Service Standard</a>. We continuously research the needs of investors, iterate content and collect feedback to improve the service, as set out in the standard. As such, updates to ensure the site remains relevant are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/11/2017 17:57:31 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin