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818891

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what role his Department plays in the management of the Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	903223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) plays a key role in the Fund. Minister Hands represents the department on the Ministerial Board, which sets the strategic direction of the Fund, endorses programme proposals, and ensures programmes are maximising impact and value for money.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/01/2018 16:09:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

817986

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that UK trade and investment policies promote gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	903215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to its role as a global champion of open and fair trade and the benefits that brings to all genders. As demonstrated by our support for the women’s economic empowerment declaration at the Eleventh Ministerial Conference (MC11) in December 2017, we recognise the importance of gender equality and the need to ensure women and girls are empowered economically, especially through involvement in trade, both in the UK and internationally.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/01/2018 16:49:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

818736

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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: Arbitration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when officials in his Department received a draft report of the research conducted by Copenhagen Economics and Van Bael & Bellis into the design of the UK Trade Remedies Framework.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	121500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The development of this economic research was an iterative process. The researchers provided regular progress updates in order for the Department to monitor delivery against the research specification.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/01/2018 16:53:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

818812

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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, whether his Department plans to carry out impact assessments on future bilateral trade deals prior to their ratification.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	121576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the White Paper ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’, we remain committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade. We will ensure Parliament has an appropriate role to play in the scrutiny of new UK trade treaties.</p><p>In ratifying EU free trade agreements we already provide impact assessments to Parliament to enable Members from both Houses to consider the effects of these agreements for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/01/2018 14:20:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 33722 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

816835

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which overseas trips Ministers of his Department have made since July 2016; and what were the costs of each such trip.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	121262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Staff at the Department for International Trade are located across more than one hundred countries and as we prepare to leave the EU, our ministers and Department for International Trade staff regularly travel overseas to build relationships with key global trading partners.</p><p>This includes through the 14 trade working groups we have set up across 21 countries to advance the UK's trade and investment relationships and scope out the potential for future free trade agreements.</p><p>Details of visits made by my Ministerial colleagues and I are published on the Gov.UK website and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-international-trade&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-international-trade&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>All Ministerial journeys adhere to Cabinet Office rules on international travel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/01/2018 17:05:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

810469

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they will take to replace trading deals with non-EU countries and to ensure that those deals are in effect on Brexit day.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Trade White Paper, published last October, the Government is committed to securing continuity in the effect of existing EU free trade agreements and other EU preferential arrangements. We are discussing with our trading partners how this continuity is best achieved and discussions are progressing positively. Our approach will also take into consideration the outcome of the UK-EU negotiations on an implementation period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 09/01/2018 14:49:49 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

810480

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of time and (b) resources that his Department allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU; and on what date work on those impact assessments started.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	120826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has not produced, or is preparing, any Impact Assessments on the UK leaving the EU. Analysis on the UK’s exit from the EU falls under the remit of the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU), which is leading the Government’s ongoing programme of analytical work.</p><p>DIT has produced Impact Assessments to accompany the Trade Bill, as is typical prior to introducing specific legislation to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/01/2018 13:54:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

810522

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118624, on trade agreements, if he will list the organisations that submitted responses.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Trade White Paper: Preparing for our future UK trade policy, we received 150 responses providing feedback on specific questions posed in the White Paper. In addition, we received a number of responses (7429) as part of a Civil Society campaign. Responses to the questions have been analysed and collated into themes around the key principles as set out in the White Paper. We have made public a summary of the responses we received which was published on 5 January. Views are not attributed to individual respondents or groups of respondents. The Response can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-white-paper-preparing-for-our-future-uk-trade-policy-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-white-paper-preparing-for-our-future-uk-trade-policy-government-response</a></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/01/2018 14:24:56 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 33123 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

810530

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	David Cameron
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to his Department's factsheet entitled 9th UK China Economic and Financial Dialogue 16 December 2017, whether David Cameron's new role on investment between the UK and China is a Government appointment.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	120875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The new UK-China bilateral investment fund, of which David Cameron will be Vice-Chairman, is a private sector initiative, and not a government appointment. The fund has not received public money. The Department for International Trade welcomes initiatives which support innovative and sustainable commercial growth opportunities between the UK and China.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/01/2018 16:32:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

810538

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by his Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p><em>The Department for International Trade was created in July 2016.</em></p><p><em><em>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament. </em></em></p><p><em><em><em><em>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</em></em></em></em></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 120915 question first answered 12/01/2018 14:53:25 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel