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794168

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	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans his Department has to support Small Business Saturday.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	902509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Small Business Saturday is a nation-wide grass roots campaign, celebrating small businesses across the UK. It is now in its fifth year and will take place on Saturday 2 December 2017.</p><p>DIT Ministers will be supporting this activity to promote our small businesses and their essential contribution to the UK economy.</p><p>I am hosting a roundtable in Portishead to discuss exporting issues for SMEs and to celebrate Small Business Saturday with the Department’s mobile Exporting is GREAT Hub, which many members have already used.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/11/2017 13:39:00 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

793218

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to develop an export strategy after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	902514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>My Noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion (Baroness Fairhead), will lead the creation of a new export strategy, bringing together expertise from across Government and the private sector.</p><p>This strategy will ensure that Government has the right financial, practical and promotional support in place to allow businesses to benefit from growth opportunities, generating wealth and wellbeing for the whole of the UK.</p><p>In addition, the Government will launch a targeted campaign to promote the support available from UK Export Finance (UKEF), as part of the wider GREAT campaign.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/11/2017 13:48:06 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

768858

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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: Qatar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Qatar on future trade and investment between the UK and Qatar.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	901080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>I most recently visited Qatar on 5<sup>th</sup> October, where I met the Prime Minister and members of his cabinet to discuss Trade and Investment between the UK and Qatar. These discussions included follow-up to my meeting with the Finance Minister in June and also the Qatar-UK Business and Investment Forum in Birmingham earlier this year where Qatar pledged £5bn of investment into the UK over the next 5 years.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 12/10/2017 16:24:32 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

769125

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has made of trends in demand for UK exports.
tabling member constituency	Boston and Skegness
tabling member printed	Matt Warman
uin	901084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>All ministers have observed a strong interest in British goods and services overseas. This is supported by the EEF, who said:</p><p>“Britain’s manufacturers are enjoying buoyant conditions on the back of export markets going from strength to strength.”</p><p>Latest trade figures also show that in the year to August 2017, UK exports have increased 13.1% on the previous 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 12/10/2017 16:22:44 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman

769129

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Bombardier: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with the EU Trade Commissioner on the Bombardier trade dispute.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	901079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>I have raised the US anti-dumping and subsidies investigation into Bombardier personally with Trade Commissioner Malmström, just prior to the Department of Commerce’s preliminary determination of 26 September.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 12/10/2017 16:19:27 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

713306

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the level of exports from Scottish businesses of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
uin	909461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>My department and other departments across Whitehall continue to undertake a wide range of analysis covering the whole UK economy and our relations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>DIT is a UK-wide department whose role is to promote exports and investment for the whole UK.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/03/2017 15:06:54 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

713307

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the level of exports from Scottish businesses of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
uin	909454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>My department and other departments across Whitehall continue to undertake a wide range of analysis covering the whole UK economy and our relations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>DIT is a UK-wide department whose role is to promote exports and investment for the whole UK.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/03/2017 14:59:32 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin

713308

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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: South East Asia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the governments of ASEAN countries on future trade and investment opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	909455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>I recently visited Singapore and Vietnam, to reaffirm our strong bilateral economic and trade relations. In Singapore, we renewed our joint commitment to facilitating business partnerships and deepening our strong trade and investment ties. In Vietnam, we discussed taking forward trade and investment links to facilitate growth. In both countries, I reaffirmed the UK’s ongoing support towards the finalisation of existing negotiations for their respective Free Trade Agreements with the European Union.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/03/2017 15:16:01 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

713310

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help businesses build trading opportunities abroad.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	909449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>DIT provides market access, support and advice to UK business both in the UK and in 109 markets overseas. Through the GREAT campaign we build the global appetite for British goods and services, and give UK companies access to millions of pounds’ worth of potential business through the digital services offered on the great.gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/03/2017 14:47:17 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

687270

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
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 Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he plans to submit schedules to the WTO for approval after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	908693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p><em>In order to minimise any disruption to global trade and maximise certainty and continuity for businesses, we intend to present our UK World Trade Organisation schedules for certification by the time we leave the EU. These will replicate the current EU schedules as far as possible.</em></p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 09/02/2017 17:57:42 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown