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846742

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Developing Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of UK trade deals with poorer countries on the economies of those countries.
	tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	uin	903871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is proudly committed to spending 0.7% of Gross National Income on Overseas Development Assistance, the first G7 country to honour its promise to do so.</p><p>The Cross-Border Trade Bill will allow the UK to put in place a trade preference scheme as we leave the EU. In the future, the Government will also explore options to expand our relationships with developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/02/2018 13:10:56 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

629009

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2016
	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: Developing Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which developing nations he is planning to negotiate free trade deals with after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	51880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is currently reviewing its trade policy as the UK prepares to leave the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate and design, in time, our own trade arrangements with developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/11/2016 17:53:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

706164

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2017
	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: Developing Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to ensure that future UK trade deals take account of the Government's policy on increasing equity and support for farmers and other workers in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	65900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade and the Department for International Development (DFID) are working together to ensure development and global prosperity are at the heart of UK trade and investment policy.</p><p>DFID’s first Economic Development Strategy, launched in January 2017, sets out how the Government will support trade, investment and job creation in manufacturing, infrastructure and commercial agriculture to provide strong foundations for inclusive growth in the developing world.</p><p>We are committed to helping countries in the developing world leave aid dependency behind and become our trading partners of the future.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/03/2017 16:37:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

746451

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	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: Developing Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has for the form of any future trading relationship between Britain and developing countries to replace the Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and ACP countries; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	1666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>On 25 June the Government announced that as we leave the EU, we will secure existing duty-free access for the world's Least Developed Countries (LDCs), but also that we are exploring options to maintain existing trading agreements with other non-LDC developing countries . We recognise the need for a smooth transition which minimises disruption to our trading relationships, including with developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/07/2017 15:34:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

707349

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	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: Developing Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make it his policy to seek to agree trade deals with the world's poorest countries once the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	66304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s exit from the EU creates a major opportunity for the UK to send a positive signal that our markets are open and we are determined to promote business with the developing world.</p><p>We will continue to play our part in reducing the barriers to trade, developing markets, reducing red tape and by helping to create stable business environments where British companies can invest and create jobs.</p><p>The Department for International Development and Department for International Trade are working closely together to ensure that trade with developing countries is central, rather than peripheral, to our new trade approach.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/03/2017 14:05:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson