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793271

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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: Impact Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department plans to take to provide hon. Members with economic impact assessments prior to the approval of negotiating mandates for future trade deals and to keep hon. Members informed of progress with such deals.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	902515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>In ratifying EU free trade agreements we provide impact assessments to Parliament to enable Members from both Houses to consider the consequences of these agreements for the UK.</p><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> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/11/2017 13:49:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

794168

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans his Department has to support Small Business Saturday.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
	uin	902509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Small Business Saturday is a nation-wide grass roots campaign, celebrating small businesses across the UK. It is now in its fifth year and will take place on Saturday 2 December 2017.</p><p>DIT Ministers will be supporting this activity to promote our small businesses and their essential contribution to the UK economy.</p><p>I am hosting a roundtable in Portishead to discuss exporting issues for SMEs and to celebrate Small Business Saturday with the Department’s mobile Exporting is GREAT Hub, which many members have already used.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/11/2017 13:39:00 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
	tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

793218

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans he has to develop an export strategy after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
	uin	902514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>My Noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion (Baroness Fairhead), will lead the creation of a new export strategy, bringing together expertise from across Government and the private sector.</p><p>This strategy will ensure that Government has the right financial, practical and promotional support in place to allow businesses to benefit from growth opportunities, generating wealth and wellbeing for the whole of the UK.</p><p>In addition, the Government will launch a targeted campaign to promote the support available from UK Export Finance (UKEF), as part of the wider GREAT campaign.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/11/2017 13:48:06 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
	tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

794169

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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 Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What formal consultations he undertook with the devolved administrations and other stakeholders on the provisions of the Trade Bill before that Bill was published.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	902510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade met with Scottish and Welsh Government Ministers between publication of the Trade White Paper and introduction of the Trade Bill, and senior officials met their counterparts in Northern Ireland departments.</p><p> </p><p>DIT officials also spoke with each of the devolved administrations and shared draft clauses and explanatory notes prior to publication of the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/11/2017 13:41:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

794170

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to establish a system better to enable parliamentary scrutiny of trade agreements.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	902512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>As outlined in the Government’s White Paper ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’, we remain committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade and invited views on the UK’s approach to its future trade policy.</p><p>We are reviewing responses and continue to engage with stakeholders on these issues.</p><p>After March 2019, the Government will ensure that Parliament has an appropriate role to play in the scrutiny of new UK trade treaties.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/11/2017 13:43:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

631295

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, withy reference to the response by the Minister of State for International Trade and Investment to the Oral Question of 3 November 2016, Official Report, column 1031, and pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2016 to Question 46432, how many (a) trade policy experts and (b) trade negotiators the Government currently employs; and how many such experts and negotiators it aims to employ by March 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	52038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade already has a strong and capable trade policy team which has more than doubled in size since 23 June. Over the coming months we will be developing that team to build the world class negotiating strengths needed to deliver the best outcomes for the UK. They will have the depth and breadth of expertise to handle the full range of sectoral and cross-cutting issues that arise in trade agreements, supported by analysts and lawyers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/11/2016 16:55:12 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

622734

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which governments of non-EU countries he has discussed future trade agreements since his Department was created.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	50688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We will take advantage of all the opportunities available to us to ensure that Britain becomes the global leader in free trade once we leave the EU. As the Prime Minister has recently said, countries including Canada, China, India, Mexico, Singapore and South Korea have already told us they would welcome talks on future free trade agreements. And we have already agreed to start scoping discussions on trade agreements with Australia. More recently, my Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade announced the establishment of a UK-New Zealand trade policy dialogue that will cover market access and trade policy issues of mutual interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 04/11/2016 13:40:24 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

604219

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which countries the UK has initiated negotiations on possible bilateral trade agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	48884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>We recognise the need for a smooth transition as the UK leaves the EU which minimises disruption to our trading relationships. Ministers and officials in the Department for International Trade are working closely with counterparts across a wide range of markets in order to promote the UK as a great place to do business and with which to trade. We are taking advantage of all the opportunities available to us to ensure that Britain becomes the global leader in free trade once we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/10/2016 10:50:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

789208

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	EU External Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which countries the EU has trade deals; and how many of those countries he has visited since taking office.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	112931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>A list of countries with which the European Union has trade agreements in place is available on the European Commission website: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/negotiations-and-agreements/#_in-place" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/negotiations-and-agreements/#_in-place</a></p><p>Through a combination of ministerial and official engagements, the Department for International Trade is currently engaging with all countries with which the EU has trade agreements to discuss continuity of current trading arrangements as the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/11/2017 10:57:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

705761

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which countries he has established trade working groups in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
	uin	65671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department for International Trade are working closely with counterparts across a wide range of markets, in order to promote the UK as a great place to do business and with which to trade. We have announced nine working groups in the last 12 months: with Australia, China, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Israel, India, New Zealand, Norway, Turkey and South Korea. The GCC comprises 6 countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. As the PM announced during her visit to Washington, we will also take forward high-level talks with the USA.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/03/2017 13:50:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh