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347667

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date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the TTIP negotiations between the EU and the US to be concluded.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government remains strongly committed to completing an ambitious EU-US Free Trade Agreement (EU-US FTA), also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). We are pressing for an agreement under the current US Administration, which means we need to see tangible progress by end-2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the most recent negotiating round which took place between 20 and 24 April in New York, there continues to be good progress on the technical work which would underpin the final deal. However, in order to reach an agreement in principle this year, the European Commission, EU Member States and the US will need to work closely together over the coming months. The next negotiating round is due to take place in July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/06/2015 12:32:08 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

346877

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy that the arbitration mechanism to be included in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will not be carried out by a for-profit company.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The detail of the arbitration mechanisms contained in the EU-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will be the result of on-going negotiations between the EU and the US.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any arbitration conducted under the EU-US FTA would involve a fair and transparent procedure, with a range of public and private sector participants including, EU and Member States, investors and arbitrators, with all parties to the dispute able to appoint their own lawyers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Arbitration proceedings under an international investment treaty are typically carried out on an ad hoc basis, with the tribunal constituted solely for the purpose of resolving a single dispute. The costs of the arbitration are apportioned according to the arbitrators’ findings. Disputing parties may rely upon an international institution, such as the World Bank or the United Nations to provide the procedural rules for the tribunal. These services are provided on a non-profit basis.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/06/2015 13:13:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

347051

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on whether workplace regulations should form part of the UK's negotiations on future EU membership.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has started to discuss his plans for EU reform and renegotiation with other EU leaders. He has been clear that the plans involve reforming welfare and immigration rules, increasing economic competitiveness and cutting red tape to create jobs and growth for hard working families, and protecting Britain's interests outside the euro. It also means halting the constant flow of powers to Brussels including by ensuring a stronger role for national Parliaments.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/06/2015 15:02:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh