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1717646

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: North Macedonia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to promote trade between the UK and the Republic of North Macedonia.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	25800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Bilateral trade between the UK and North Macedonia was worth a total of £2.5 billion in the 4 quarters to end of Q4 2023, comprising of £1.7bn of exports and £787 million of imports. North Macedonia is the UK’s largest trading partner in the Western Balkans. The UK’s trade relationship is underpinned by the Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement (PTCA), signed in 2020. The inaugural PTCA Joint Committee met in 2022 and we hope to convene the second version later this year. In September 2023, the UK launched the British-Macedonian Business Chamber, as a symbol of the growing trade &amp; investment partnership.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/05/2024 14:43:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1717647

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Imports: North Macedonia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish an itemised table of the primary imports from the Republic of North Macedonia.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	25801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade publish <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/trade-and-investment-factsheets" target="_blank">trade and investment factsheets</a> summarising statistics on trade and investment between the UK and individual overseas partners, including North Macedonia. A table of the top goods imported from North Macedonia are provided on page 6 of the factsheet. More detailed statistics on UK imports from North Macedonia are published by the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/uktradecountrybycommodityimports" target="_blank">ONS</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/05/2024 14:46:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1713091

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Public Holidays
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating additional bank holidays in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland for their respective saints' days.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	23150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of celebrating the respective saints’ days across the UK. While an additional bank holiday may benefit some communities and sectors, the cost to the economy of an additional bank holiday remains considerable. The latest analysis estimates the cost to the UK economy for a one-off bank holiday to be around £2bn. The Government fully considers the effects of any additional bank holidays, which is why we rarely create them.</p><p>The Government has no plans to change the well-established and accepted arrangements for bank holidays.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/05/2024 15:11:57 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1701387

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Taiwan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to improve trade links with the Republic of China (Taiwan).
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK and Taiwan already share a deep, £11bn trade and investment relationship.</p><p>Trade Talks with Taiwan are longstanding and held annually to boost trade and support economic growth. To build on this the UK and Taiwan are developing an Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to further increase trade and investment. This will promote co-operation and support British businesses to take advantage of opportunities, initially in investment, digital trade, and energy and net-zero.</p><p>Minister Huddleston hosted the 26<sup>th</sup> UK Taiwan Trade Talks in London on 8 November 2023, and I met with Taiwan’s Minister Deng in February at the WTO’s 13<sup>th</sup> Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 21928 question first answered 24/04/2024 16:53:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1701388

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Taiwan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with her counterpart in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK and Taiwan already share a deep, £11bn trade and investment relationship.</p><p>Trade Talks with Taiwan are longstanding and held annually to boost trade and support economic growth. To build on this the UK and Taiwan are developing an Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to further increase trade and investment. This will promote co-operation and support British businesses to take advantage of opportunities, initially in investment, digital trade, and energy and net-zero.</p><p>Minister Huddleston hosted the 26<sup>th</sup> UK Taiwan Trade Talks in London on 8 November 2023, and I met with Taiwan’s Minister Deng in February at the WTO’s 13<sup>th</sup> Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 21927 question first answered 24/04/2024 16:53:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700813

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Switzerland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress she has made on trade discussions with Switzerland.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Since launching trade negotiations with Switzerland in May 2023, the UK has held four rounds of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement. The fourth round took place from 4 to 8 March 2024. Discussions were productive, provisionally closing the chapter on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This will help UK SMEs expand their operations more easily into the Swiss market.</p><p> </p><p>The fifth round of negotiations is scheduled to take place in early summer where we will look to make further positive progress.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to keep Parliament and the public informed through regular <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-03-21/hcws359" target="_blank">parliamentary</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/enhanced-uk-switzerland-fta-negotiations-update-march-2024" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> updates.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/04/2024 17:27:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700814

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the economic impact of the free trade agreements with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand since they came into force.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department’s impact assessments of the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreements were published on 17 December 2021 and 28 February 2022 respectively. These impact assessments set out the potential long-run incremental economic impact of these FTAs and are available on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>The agreements entered in force on the 31 May 2023, and we continue to monitor the economic impact of the two Governments.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/04/2024 14:13:47 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695046

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to include minimum standards for animal welfare in future trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is working to secure world-class free trade agreements that uphold our manifesto commitment to not compromise the UK’s high animal welfare standards. As the Prime Minister reiterated in his open letter to farmers last May, the Government continues to protect UK food standards in free trade agreements and seek to advance international co-operation on animal welfare and to promote high welfare standards globally.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/03/2024 10:40:30 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1689106

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has plans to visit (a) Adelaide, (b) Melbourne, and (c) Hobart in the next nine months.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	13917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Following the Secretary of State’s visit to Australia last year to promote utilisation of the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), shortly after it entered into force, there are currently no plans for her to visit in the coming months.</p><p>Representatives of His Majesty’s Government, including ministers, the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, High Commissioner and Consul General, regularly visit Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart. The Government already has a strong trade and investment relationship with Australia which has been further strengthened by the FTA.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/02/2024 17:24:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1685532

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: South Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has met with the Agent General of South Australia in the last six months; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of South Australia’s rank as the highest-ranking Australian state in economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Our already strong trade and investment relationship with the whole of Australia has been further strengthened by the Free Trade Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also enjoys a strong relationship with South Australia, which includes a UK-South Australia MOU covering cooperation on trade and investment. There is regular engagement led by UK Ministers, the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy and our High Commissioner. This includes trade missions covering space, defence and technology.</p><p> </p><p>The PM’s Trade Envoy to Australia most recently met with the Agent General for South Australia to London in June 2023. The Premier of South Australia visited the UK in 2022 and 2023.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/02/2024 16:36:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell