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date	16/06/2021
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: Mothers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for International Trade, in any of its official (1) paperwork, (2) guidance, (3) instructions, (4) manuals, or (5) other documents, (a) has replaced, or (b) intends to replace, the word “mother” with the phrase “parent who has given birth”.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is committed to ensuring HR policies and guidance are inclusive and regularly undertakes internal policy reviews to keep our policies up to date and compliant with statutory legislation and best practice.</p><p> </p><p>The department is satisfied that its HR policies are consistent with this commitment and there are currently no plans to replace the word ‘’mother’ with the phrase “parent who has given birth” to our HR policies. The department will continue to monitor any developments or changes in legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 01/07/2021 16:56:45 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

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date	11/11/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Australia: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they plan to take to assist Australian exports to the UK, in the light of the government of China's introduction of tariffs on Australian goods in response to the latter's call for an independent inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL10202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>Australia is one of our closest allies trading partners – our trading relationship is worth £16.4bn in goods and services (Q2 2019 – Q2 2020). To further improve this key relationship, we are currently negotiating an ambitious and modern Free Trade Agreement. We are monitoring closely the reports of trade restrictions for Australian goods exports to China.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 27/11/2020 11:19:32 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra