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1584750

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date	06/02/2023
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: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who will receive the £2 million announced in the Autumn Statement for a trade and investment conference in Northern Ireland; and what organisation will be responsible for organising and hosting the conference.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL5491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2023 answer text <p>In Autumn Statement 2022, the Chancellor announced a fund of up to £2 million for the then Department for International Trade, now the Department for Business and Trade, to: “work with local partners including Invest Northern Ireland to host a trade and investment event in Northern Ireland in 2023.”</p><p>The Department is working closely with partners at pace to define the event and will deliver the event in collaboration with Invest Northern Ireland. We will shortly engage a range of businesses and organisations across Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston grouped question UIN HL5489 HL5490 question first answered 17/02/2023 11:21:58 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1581428

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Brexit on exports from the UK to the European Union.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>UK trade has been affected by several shocks in recent years, including the Covid Pandemic, exiting the EU and war in Ukraine. In the period since leaving the EU, the value of UK exports to the EU is back to pre-Covid levels. Latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that the UK total exports of goods and services to the EU were worth £330.2bn in the 12 months to September 2022. This represents an overall increase of 10% in current prices compared to pre-Covid levels in 2018, with services exports growing by 12% in current prices in this period.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 09/02/2023 16:55:07 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1581435

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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 Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) opportunities have been introduced to the UK, and (2) transactions have been completed, by each of the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys in respect of (a) each sector, and (b) each country, in the last two years.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Trade Envoys are appointed by the Prime Minister to support the Government’s trade and investment objectives. Trade Envoys add value in their respective markets, through the soft power influence they bring in developing relationships with key influencers and feedback has been very positive. Trade Envoys are one part of the Department’s support for British businesses seeking to export and win contracts overseas and we do not separate out the impact of Trade Envoys from our broader departmental work.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 09/02/2023 12:21:11 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1579896

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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 Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what administrative, logistical, and financial support is provided to UK trade envoys when they travel overseas in that capacity.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL4959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade, now known as the Department for Business and Trade, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the programme and each Trade Envoy has a Civil Servant relationship manager. Relationship managers act as the Trade Envoy’s point of contact, coordinating their activity and provide administrative support when they undertake overseas visits, by arranging flights, visas, a programme of activity and briefing.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade Envoy role is unpaid, but this department meets the costs of any travel expenditure such as transport and accommodation to allow them to carry out their role.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 09/02/2023 12:14:41 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1579897

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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 Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the roles and lines of accountability for UK trade envoys and trade commissioners, including their accountability to Parliament.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL4960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Trade Envoys are Parliamentarians appointed by the Prime Minister to support the Government’s trade and investment agenda in one or more specific markets. They report to my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State and are ultimately accountable to the Prime Minister.</p><p> </p><p>HM Trade Commissioners are senior Civil Servants recruited under fair and open competition and appointed to head the overseas operations for this department. They are accountable to the Permanent Secretary and ultimately to the Secretary of State.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 09/02/2023 12:15:37 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1579898

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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: Colombia and Dominican Republic
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the visits to the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Columbia by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Americas and Caribbean), what plans they have to assist UK businesses in trading with companies in those countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL4961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade, now known as the Department for Business and Trade, works to support UK businesses in their trading endeavors in the Dominican Republic and Colombia.</p><p> </p><p>This includes promotional activity in the UK, such as the upcoming LATAC Roadshow where our experts will showcase opportunities in these markets for UK businesses. Additionally, my noble Friend Baroness Hooper and my Hon. Friend for Fylde are active Trade Envoys for these countries, engaging with businesses in the UK and abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Following recent Ministerial visits, the Government has hosted a senior Colombian rail delegation to promote UK expertise in this sector and is pursuing an ambitious multi-billion pound pipeline of infrastructure projects in the Dominican Republic.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 09/02/2023 12:16:16 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1568407

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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: India
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they are making in regard to a free trade agreement with India.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>On 12-13 December 2022 the Secretary of State for International Trade visited India to meet the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, and to initiate the sixth round of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations. A written ministerial statement on the latest negotiation round can be found <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-01-09/hlws469" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 31/01/2023 12:58:20 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1568428

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Customs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they use customs data to map market changes over time in (1) quantity, (2) pricing, (3) number of suppliers, and (4) number of importers, for each harmonized system code; and whether they use any artificial intelligence-based solution to do so.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL4899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department makes use of customs data to monitor and better understand patterns of demand for imports and exports of goods and is continuously looking at ways improve and integrate complex datasets and techniques further.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also uses customs data from HMRC and UN COMTRADE to analyse trade flows in the context of supply chains. This is done to improve the visibility of UK critical supply chains and inform government resilience strategies. The Department also leads a cross-Government project called the ‘Global Supply Chains Intelligence Pilot’ which aims to combine government and commercial datasets, along with big data analytics, to map global supply chains.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 01/02/2023 13:41:11 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1566646

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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: Australia and New Zealand
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the procedure and available time for the ratification of the Australia and New Zealand free trade agreement allows for sufficient parliamentary scrutiny.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL4739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government has committed to additional measures for new free trade agreements which go beyond our statutory scrutiny requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The Australia and New Zealand agreements were made available for scrutiny for an additional six months before commencement of the statutory period under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (CRaG). We have made additional reporting commitments to support scrutiny, including publishing the advice of the independent Trade and Agriculture Commission.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade (Australian and New Zealand) Bill is currently being scrutinised by Parliament. The agreements cannot be brought into force until the legislation has been passed by Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 26/01/2023 16:54:12 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1566215

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agriculture: Trade Agreements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mitigate any damage caused to the UK farming sector by the free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL4684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Farming is a crucial part of the UK economy, and this Government wants to ensure rural economies can thrive. Our free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand balance opportunities for UK exporters, importers and consumers with protections for the agricultural industry.</p><p> </p><p>British agri-food exporters will benefit from both deals removing tariffs for all UK goods. We offer a range of support for those looking to increase their exports, including the Export Support Service, the digital GREAT.gov.uk platform and our new Food and Drink Export Council.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 25/01/2023 12:05:09 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans