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1309245

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2021
	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: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential effect of her Department’s trade policy on the protection of animal welfare.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
	uin	914134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2021 answer text <p>I am proud of our world-leading animal welfare standards and these will be upheld throughout our trade negotiations. We have established the Trade and Agriculture Commission in law, which will provide independent scrutiny of the effect on animal welfare our trade deals.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/04/2021 13:59:23 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1331640

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress she has made towards a free trade agreement with the US.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	900758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>I am in close contact with Katherine Tai, the US Trade Representative. I am pleased the US has lifted tariffs on Whisky, and I am working to lift Airbus Boeing dispute. We are continuing to make progress in Free Trade Agreement (FTA) discussions as well as working together on our broader trade agenda.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/06/2021 12:35:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1331642

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress has she made towards a free trade agreement with the US.
	tabling member constituency	Kenilworth and Southam
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Wright
	uin	900757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>I am in close contact with Katherine Tai, the US Trade Representative. I am pleased the US has lifted tariffs on Whisky and I am working to lift Airbus Boeing dispute. We are continuing to make progress in Free Trade Agreement (FTA) discussions as well as working together on our broader trade agenda.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/06/2021 12:35:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright

1385805

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what safeguards are in place to protect the data of UK citizens in the event that Amazon Web Services becomes subject to a US law enforcement request in relation to the data its servers will hold as part of the recently reported GCHQ cloud computing services contract.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	88749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely avow details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p><p>We have a long-standing, 75-year intelligence relationship with the United States, which is invaluable to each country's national security. The alliance has clear guidelines for how we share communication, translation, analysis, and code breaking information, and has helped protect our countries and allies for decades. Any move to cloud does not change this agreement.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 88746 88747 question first answered 13/12/2021 10:30:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1385803

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential ways the UK cloud sector can become involved in the supply chain for Amazon Web Services' cloud computing contract with GCHQ.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	88747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely avow details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p><p>We have a long-standing, 75-year intelligence relationship with the United States, which is invaluable to each country's national security. The alliance has clear guidelines for how we share communication, translation, analysis, and code breaking information, and has helped protect our countries and allies for decades. Any move to cloud does not change this agreement.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 88746 88749 question first answered 13/12/2021 10:30:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1385802

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential positive impact of GCHQ’s cloud computing contract with Amazon Web Services on the domestic cloud sector.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	88746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely avow details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p><p>We have a long-standing, 75-year intelligence relationship with the United States, which is invaluable to each country's national security. The alliance has clear guidelines for how we share communication, translation, analysis, and code breaking information, and has helped protect our countries and allies for decades. Any move to cloud does not change this agreement.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 88747 88749 question first answered 13/12/2021 10:30:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1380316

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Amazon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what risk assessment was undertaken before awarding the cloud contract for GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 to Amazon.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	78491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely avow details of the technology partnerships it enters into.  Avowing details around national security technology can have potential security implications as would be the case in this scenario. However, any procurement process can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/12/2021 15:25:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1378658

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to enable Parliamentary scrutiny of the cloud computing contract between Amazon Web Services and GCHQ.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	74972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely release details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament. This is the appropriate forum for Parliamentary scrutiny on this matter.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/11/2021 08:59:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1378657

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union's July 2020 Schrems II judgement and the recently reported cloud computing contract between Amazon Web Services and GCHQ, what steps she has taken to ensure that data which that company will hold as part of that agreement will not be accessed by US authorities without the knowledge of UK citizens or the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	74971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely release details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p><p>The US are not involved in decisions about the technology we use in our infrastructure. We have a long-standing, 75-year intelligence relationship with the United States, which is invaluable to each country's national security. The alliance has clear guidelines for how we share communication, translation, analysis, and code breaking information, and has helped protect our countries and allies for decades. Any move to cloud does not change this agreement.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/11/2021 09:07:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1378653

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the recently reported contract awarded to Amazon Web Services, for what reasons GCHQ did not contract its cloud services with a domestic UK provider.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	74967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely release details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/11/2021 09:02:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah