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	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

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

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

818844

	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	Overseas Investment: Burma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what advice his Department gives to UK companies on investment in Burma.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	121608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Rotherham to the answer given by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Investment (Mark Garnier) to the hon Member for Hornsey and Wood Green on 12 December UIN: 117224.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/01/2018 15:00:57 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

818598

	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	Overseas Trade
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government with which companies they have strategic relations; and, in each case, who is the designated Minister.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL4475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 83 companies on the Strategic Relationship Management programme, they are listed in the table below. In light of the recent reorganisation of ministerial responsibility, the Department for International Trade is currently refreshing the allocation of contact ministers across government.</p><p>These will be updated online shortly.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Company</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ABB (Asea Brown Boveri)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airbus Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amazon.com</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apple Inc</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Associated British Foods (AB Foods)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Associated British Ports</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AstraZeneca</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Babcock International Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAE Systems</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Balfour Beatty</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BASF</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bombardier</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bouygues</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Petroleum (BP)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Telecom (BT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caterpillar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Centrica</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cisco Systems</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coca-Cola</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diageo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dubai World</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E.On</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eisai</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricite de France (EDF)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engie (GDF SUEZ) (Gaz de France)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Facebook</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Electric (GE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GKN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Google (Alphabet Inc)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hewlett-Packard (HP)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hitachi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HP Enterprise</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huawei Technologies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hutchison Whampoa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iberdrola (Scottish Power)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IBM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imagination Technologies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ineos</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar Land Rover</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JCB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Johnson &amp; Johnson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Johnson Matthey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lockheed Martin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Microsoft</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitsubishi Corporation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitsubishi Heavy Industries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondelez International</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Grid Plc</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nestle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nissan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Novartis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PCCW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pearson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PepsiCo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pfizer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Procter &amp; Gamble (P&amp;G)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PSA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roche Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rolls-Royce Group plc</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Dutch Shell Plc</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RWE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sage Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Samsung</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish &amp; Southern Energy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Siemens</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SNC-Lavalin Group (Atkins)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Softbank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statoil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syngenta</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tata Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telefonica</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Time Warner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Toshiba</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Toyota Motor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unilever</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walt Disney</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 18/01/2018 13:19:39 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

818584

	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	Overseas Trade: Iran
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make it a precondition of any proposals to increase trade between the UK and Iran that the government of Iran adhere to international human rights standards by allowing peaceful demonstrations and protests against their policies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
	uin	HL4461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government supports trade with Iran as a key part of its commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA). HMG remains concerned about the human rights situation in Iran and continues to encourage the Iranian government to improve its human rights record.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 22/01/2018 15:47:09 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
	tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew