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1222647

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date	09/07/2020
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: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the risk of legal challenge against the UK at the WTO as a result of the UK’s plans to phase in border checks on imports from the EU after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	71748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not disclose the content of any legal advice. However, as set out in the staging of import controls announcement in June, and reiterated in the announcement of the Border Operating Model, the Government will have controls in place for controlled goods from January 2021 and all goods (both controlled and standard) in place from July 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/07/2020 12:42:41 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1222649

registered interest
date	09/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Import Duties: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the (a) political, (b) legal and (c) reputational risks of a difference in tariff controls between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	71749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Protocol (the Protocol) clearly states that Northern Ireland is and remains part of the UK’s customs territory.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses and consumers in Northern Ireland will be able to take advantage of the UK Global Tariff and any new trade agreements this government negotiates, like the rest of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/07/2020 12:26:09 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1222651

registered interest
date	09/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Ports: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the risk of smuggling from the EU if UK ports are not ready to carry out checks on imports after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	71750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) already tackle smuggling and they will continue to do so through intelligence-led targeting. My Department continues working closely with HMRC to make sure that the United Kingdom’s trade policy will be effectively operationalised at the border after the transition period ends.</p><p> </p><p>Border controls on controlled goods will continue regardless of whether imports come from the European Union or Rest of the World countries. To ensure compliance with new customs procedures and controls at the border after transition period ends, my Rt Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster recently announced a new infrastructure funding package that includes £470m to build the necessary infrastructure required.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 14/07/2020 11:01:47 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1222684

registered interest
date	09/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she will lay the instrument of accession to the Government Procurement Agreement; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	71751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom intends to deposit her Instrument of Accession to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) with the WTO Director-General on 2<sup>nd</sup> December 2020. The GPA will then enter into force for the United Kingdom, as an independent party, on 1<sup>st</sup> January 2021.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 14/07/2020 16:21:41 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1222688

registered interest
date	09/07/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans she has to publish a negotiating mandate for an international trade agreement with (a) Turkey, (b) Mexico and (c) Canada.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	71752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The Continuity Trade Programme seeks to replicate, as far as possible, the effects of existing trade agreements in which the United Kingdom participates as a member of the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom remains committed to ensuring continuity in our trading relationships with Turkey, Mexico and Canada beyond the end of the transition period. Consistent with the approach taken for all other continuity trade agreements to date, HM Government does not intend to publish negotiating mandates for the continuity discussions with these three countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 14/07/2020 14:31:16 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson