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1713587

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	International Law: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has received reports from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on Israel's compliance with International Humanitarian Law since January 29 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	23534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government periodically reviews advice on Israel's overall commitment to International Humanitarian Law, and Ministers act in accordance with that advice.</p><p>On 8 April 2024, following advice from the Foreign Secretary, the Business and Trade Secretary took the decision that our position on export licences would remain unchanged. This was consistent with the advice Ministers received. We are keeping all licences for Israel under careful review.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 29/04/2024 16:04:51 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1713589

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	International Law: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has shared legal advice from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law with representatives of her workforce within (a) the Public and Commercial Services Union and (b) other unions.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	23535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>FCDO advice informs decisions made by the Department for Business and Trade Secretary of State as the decision-making authority. The content of this advice is confidential. Union membership is a matter for individual staff members and does not alter the manner in which teams work in the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 29/04/2024 16:34:47 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1713243

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what purchases her Department made of international carbon credits in the most recent five years for which figures are available; and what the average cost per tonne of CO2 was.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	uin	23343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not purchased any carbon credits since its inception in February 2023.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 01/05/2024 15:15:15 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1712681

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Export Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the model numbers were of drone engines that were authorised for export in the last 12 months; what the end (a) uses and (b) users were of each drone (i) aero-engine and (ii) other component; and what (A) Export Control Joint Unit and (B) other criteria were used to assess those applications.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	22965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>We do not release confidential or commercially sensitive information provided by exporters as part of their export licence application. However, we do publish data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.</p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 25/04/2024 16:36:06 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1712682

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Export Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether there are any extant export licenses for the supply of (a) R902W engines and (b) related components for use on (i) Hermes 450, (ii) Hermes 900 and (iii) IAI Heron unmanned aerial vehicles by (A) the Israeli military and (B) other entitles controlled by the Israeli government.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	22966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>There are no extant licences which meet these criteria.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 25/04/2024 13:34:21 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1712702

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Elbit Systems: Standard Individual Export Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2024 to Question 22087 on Elbit Systems UK: Exports, whether she holds information on the type of items approved for export under the temporary Standard Individual Export Licence granted to Elbit Systems Limited in Israel; and whether those items were used in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	22998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The items licensed for export under the temporary Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) were intended for flight trials and testing. Items exported under a temporary SIEL must be returned to the UK within 12 months of the date on which the licence was granted.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the situation in Israel and Gaza very closely. All licences are kept under careful and continual review, and we are able to amend, suspend, refuse or revoke licences as circumstances require.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 26/04/2024 10:01:25 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1712703

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Elbit Systems: Standard Individual Export Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2024 to Question 22087 on Elbit Systems UK: Exports, whether the items approved for export under the temporary standard individual export licence granted to Elbit Systems Limited in Israel are used in the Hermes 450 drone.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	22999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The items licensed for export under the temporary Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) were intended for flight trials and testing. Items exported under a temporary SIEL must be returned to the UK within 12 months of the date on which the licence was granted.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the situation in Israel and Gaza very closely. All licences are kept under careful and continual review, and we are able to amend, suspend, refuse or revoke licences as circumstances require.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 26/04/2024 09:43:07 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1712802

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	UK-Ukraine Infrastructure Taskforce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what dates the UK-Ukraine Infrastructure Taskforce has met in 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	22870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK-Ukraine Infrastructure Taskforce meets to drive forward UK support for Ukraine’s reconstruction priorities. The Taskforce has met once this year, on the 8th April in Kyiv, where Minister Hands co-chaired the Taskforce, alongside Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, with Minister Mak joining virtually following his recent appointment. We plan to hold further Taskforce meetings later in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 30/04/2024 14:30:11 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1712803

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Business: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK-Ukraine TechBridge tech-focussed events have been held in each year since its launch.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	22871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK-Ukraine TechBridge initiative was announced by the Prime Minister at the London hosted Ukraine Recovery Conference in 2023 with a Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Ukraine signed in November.</p><p> </p><p>Since its formal launch in January 2024,15 tech-focussed events have been held. Innovation workshops on AI, agritech and healthtech were held at the end of March to assess the most significant barriers to innovation in these sectors in Ukraine. New innovation workshops will commence from May targeting new thematic areas, including cyber security, fintech, and demining.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 30/04/2024 14:24:00 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1712804

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Business: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses have attended a UK-Ukraine TechBridge tech-focussed event in each year since its launch.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	22872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK-Ukraine TechBridge was formally launched in January 2024. We estimate over 200 companies have attended a UK-Ukraine TechBridge event so far this year. DBT plans to hold further TechBridge events later this year, including innovation workshops, online and in-person training and trade webinars. We welcome businesses with expertise in sectors such as agritech, health tech, AI, and demining and others to join these events and deepen their collaboration with Ukrainian counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 30/04/2024 13:27:54 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle