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date	07/07/2022
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: Faroe Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the Trade Agreement with the Faroe Islands until she receives a legally binding commitment from the government of the Faroe Islands that it will cease all further whale and dolphin hunts.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	32606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>HM Government is strongly opposed to the hunting of whales and dolphins. Multiple government colleagues and I have raised this issue directly with the government of the Faroe Islands. The Faroes are reviewing the hunt and have recently proposed a catch limit for white-sided dolphins. The fact of our trade agreement strengthens our ability to have these full and frank discussions and influence on crucial issues like animal welfare. As these hunts are not illegal in local law, there are no provisions under the Free Trade Agreement for the UK to suspend it on this basis. We will continue to use our relationship to lobby the Faroes to stop this practice altogether.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 14/07/2022 16:47:56 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1486912

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
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: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) is unable to provide spend on legal disputes, as this is not recorded separately to other forms of legal spend incurred by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Legal and other professional services costs incurred by the Department are included within note 4 of DIT’s Annual Report and Accounts found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">here for financial year 2021/22</a>, and <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20220713065953/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">here for financial year 2020/21</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/07/2022 16:05:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486952

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against the budgets of (a) the Department for International Trade and (b) UK Export Finance as of 31 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	31789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The number of people that hold electronic purchasing cards for the Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>DIT – 180</p><p> </p><p>UKEF - 5</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2022 12:01:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry