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1283519

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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: Ghana
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to secure a free trade agreement with Ghana.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	148860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom and Ghana have finalised negotiations on a trade agreement, which will provide duty-free, quota-free access for Ghana to the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom and Ghana have issued a joint statement at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ghana-uk-joint-statement-ghana-uk-trade-partnership-agreement" target="_blank">gov.uk/government/news/ghana-uk-joint-statement-ghana-uk-trade-partnership-agreement</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 08/02/2021 11:58:05 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1283525

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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: Cameroon
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 2 February 2021 to Question 144971 and with reference to the publication of the Memorandums of Understanding with the Solomon Islands and Samoa, St Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, and Canada, for what reason the Memorandum of Understanding agreed with Cameroon has not been published to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>I refer my Right Hon. Friend for Islington South and Finsbury to the answer I gave on 2 February 2021, UIN:144971. In this case, negotiations with Cameroon were not concluded until 24 December. In order to prevent trade disruption and fulfil our trade continuity objective, we secured a temporary bridging mechanism with Cameroon to continue the effects of our trading arrangements for the time needed until both parties can sign and fully ratify the Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to conclude this process as quickly as possible. The text of the agreement will be laid in Parliament under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaG) and the corresponding Memorandum of Understanding published on GOV.UK once the formal process of signing the Agreement is complete.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 148746 question first answered 08/02/2021 12:09:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1283526

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Economic Partnership Agreements: Cameroon
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 2 February 2021 to Question 144971, whether an Economic Partnership Agreement with Cameroon had been formally signed prior to the Memorandum of Understanding taking effect from 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>I refer my Right Hon. Friend for Islington South and Finsbury to the answer I gave on 2 February 2021, UIN:144971. In this case, negotiations with Cameroon were not concluded until 24 December. In order to prevent trade disruption and fulfil our trade continuity objective, we secured a temporary bridging mechanism with Cameroon to continue the effects of our trading arrangements for the time needed until both parties can sign and fully ratify the Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to conclude this process as quickly as possible. The text of the agreement will be laid in Parliament under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaG) and the corresponding Memorandum of Understanding published on GOV.UK once the formal process of signing the Agreement is complete.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 148745 question first answered 08/02/2021 12:09:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1283636

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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: Israeli Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how consumers can recognise before purchase products from the illegal Palestinian settlements; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	148675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom does not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including settlements, as part of Israel. Certain products, such as food, originating from settlements must be labelled as such. Our retained EU legislation is clear that information on origin and provenance of goods must not be misleading and should be provided if failure to do so would itself be misleading to consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 08/02/2021 12:03:23 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1283657

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government is taking steps to ensure that no UK made weapons or arms are exported to India where such weapons may be used in repressing the ongoing farmers protests in that country.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	148880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>Arms exports require an export licence, and all export licence applications are assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (the “Consolidated Criteria”).</p><p> </p><p>The Consolidated Criteria take into account our obligations under the Arms Trade Treaty and other relevant rules of international law. They provide a thorough risk assessment framework and require us to think hard about the possible impact of providing equipment and its capabilities.</p><p> </p><p>These are not decisions we take lightly and HM Government will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Consolidated Criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 08/02/2021 11:45:01 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1280562

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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 and Agriculture Commission: Ethics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason the interim report of the Trade and Agriculture Commission round table on ethics does not include the contributions made by the trade union representatives who were in attendance.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	143747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The Trade and Agriculture Commission’s interim progress update was written and published prior to the ethical trading roundtable, which took place on 6 November.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/02/2021 16:25:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1282391

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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: Corruption
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 include anti-corruption provisions in future trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	147026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>As detailed in our ‘Strategic Approach’ publications, we are aiming to secure provisions in free trade agreements with the US, Australia and New Zealand that address the trade-distorting effects of corruption on global trade and fair competition to help maintain the United Kingdom’s high standards in this area.</p><p>The United Kingdom-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement includes a new provision covering anti-corruption, which signals the United Kingdom and Japan’s shared ambition to combat the distorting effects of corruption on trade.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 09/02/2021 10:47:23 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1282630

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps the Government has taken to support bilateral trade with Israel.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	146961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement entered into force on the 1<sup>st</sup> January 2021. The agreement provides an ambitious framework to continue to grow our future trading relationship, which totalled £4.9 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2020. We are now working with Israeli counterparts on the implementation of our agreement and to scope where there is a shared ambition to deepen our bilateral trade relationship. This includes the opportunity to reinstate plans to host a United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Investment Conference.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 08/02/2021 10:46:32 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

1282708

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of the staff employed by her Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	146976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2020, the Civil Service has achieved a total of 2.1% of its total workforce as apprentices against the legislative target for the public sector of 2.3% by March 2021.</p><p>As of 31st December 2020, there were 115 apprentices employed by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF). It equates to 3.2% of the total domestic staff employed by DIT and UKEF.</p><p>This target is a percentage of the total workforce so the percentage attained will change in line with workforce fluctuations over time, making it challenging to predict when a department will meet it. The data for 2018/19 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2018-to-2019</a>. The data for 2019/20 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2019-to-2020</a>.</p><p>Departments are committed to increasing the number of apprentices across the Civil Service and continue to work towards the 2.3% target.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/02/2021 17:57:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1281974

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: Finance
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 implications of the Prime Minister’s announcement on 12 December 2020 that the UK will end international finance for fossil fuels for the approval of those fossil fuel projects already in UKEF’s pipeline.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	145772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The date of implementation of the new policy will be determined following the consultation that was launched on the same day. During the consultation period and ahead of the implementation of the new policy, the government will continue to apply current policy for all in-scope activities including proposals for high carbon projects, taking into consideration relevant factors including climate change. During this period, UK Export Finance (UKEF) will apply government’s current policy and continue to consider applications for support in the oil and gas sector.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 145773 question first answered 08/02/2021 10:50:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas