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1490861

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:52:05
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:07:27 27/07/2022 15:54:10
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Prime Minister
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1947
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	27/07/2022 15:22:38
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the criteria for selection to be a Prime Minister's trade envoy.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1947
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1947
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys are drawn from both Houses and from across the political spectrum. As unpaid roles they are chosen based on relevant skills, experience and their appetite to undertake the role. Experience can be related to a particular market or UK industry knowledge, or their Government-to-Government experience, as well as willingness and an ability to undertake some international travel.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1490862

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:52:06
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:07:29 27/07/2022 15:55:14
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Prime Minister
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1948
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	27/07/2022 15:24:01
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the priority objectives of a Prime Minister's trade envoy.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1948
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1948
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys support the UK’s economic growth and help businesses take advantage of the overseas opportunities arising from our global trade agenda.</p><p>They champion Global Britain and promote the UK as a destination of choice for inward investment across all regions of the UK, helping to level up the country by supplementing the UK’s existing trade relations in their respective markets, working with our regional Trade Commissioners and global network to promote British business across the globe.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1490886

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:58:52
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:09:07 04/08/2022 15:29:15
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Prime Minister
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1949
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/08/2022 14:57:17
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the criteria for selecting the countries to which the Prime Minister has appointed trade envoys; and when all national priority countries will have trade envoys appointed.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1949
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1949
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities and focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective.</p><p>We are regularly reviewing countries and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK with the Prime Minister ultimately making that decision. Consideration is also given to appointing multiple trade envoys where this could be advantageous to the UK.</p><p>The Prime Minister has not appointed a Trade Envoy to India.</p><p>The UK remains committed to strengthening its long, positive and wide-ranging trading relationship with India which was worth £24.3 billion in 2021 by continued ministerial engagement and dialogue including the desire to secure a Free Trade Agreement.</p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) analyses suitable countries, regions, and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK, with the Prime Minister ultimately making the decision to appoint.</p><p>DIT following a review will make recommendations of the future size and scope of the Trade Envoy programme, including for India, to the next Prime Minister in due course.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1490887

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:58:56
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:09:10 04/08/2022 15:29:13
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: India
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1950
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/08/2022 14:57:17
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister has appointed a trade envoy to India; and if not, why not.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1950
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1950
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities and focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective.</p><p>We are regularly reviewing countries and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK with the Prime Minister ultimately making that decision. Consideration is also given to appointing multiple trade envoys where this could be advantageous to the UK.</p><p>The Prime Minister has not appointed a Trade Envoy to India.</p><p>The UK remains committed to strengthening its long, positive and wide-ranging trading relationship with India which was worth £24.3 billion in 2021 by continued ministerial engagement and dialogue including the desire to secure a Free Trade Agreement.</p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) analyses suitable countries, regions, and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK, with the Prime Minister ultimately making the decision to appoint.</p><p>DIT following a review will make recommendations of the future size and scope of the Trade Envoy programme, including for India, to the next Prime Minister in due course.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1490888

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:59:00
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:09:12 04/08/2022 15:29:12
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: India
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1951
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/08/2022 14:57:17
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to appointing four trade envoys to India to ensure that all economic regions are covered.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1951
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1951
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities and focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective.</p><p>We are regularly reviewing countries and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK with the Prime Minister ultimately making that decision. Consideration is also given to appointing multiple trade envoys where this could be advantageous to the UK.</p><p>The Prime Minister has not appointed a Trade Envoy to India.</p><p>The UK remains committed to strengthening its long, positive and wide-ranging trading relationship with India which was worth £24.3 billion in 2021 by continued ministerial engagement and dialogue including the desire to secure a Free Trade Agreement.</p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) analyses suitable countries, regions, and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK, with the Prime Minister ultimately making the decision to appoint.</p><p>DIT following a review will make recommendations of the future size and scope of the Trade Envoy programme, including for India, to the next Prime Minister in due course.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1133066

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2019
	date	18/06/2019
	date tabled	18/06/2019
	ddp created	18/06/2019 20:30:20
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	18/06/2019 20:36:42 04/07/2019 13:30:02
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16484
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/07/2019 12:58:04
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Fairhead on 9 January (HL 12726), whether the Trade Commission Regional Trade Plans include recommendations for implementation; if so, how any such recommendations are being implemented; whether they will now publish the Regional Trade Plans; and if not, why not.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16484
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16484
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Regional trade plans (RTPs) are internal departmental documents which set out a region’s overarching strategy, objectives and priorities. They are developed in collaboration between overseas and UK based officials, and are assessed yearly. Where the Department for International Trade operates, UK overseas posts also have a plan to deliver our vision for a Global Britain, which provides the detail of how an RTP will be implemented in each market.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Department’s intention to publish a public version of the plans in due course.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1137408

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2019
	date	08/07/2019
	date tabled	08/07/2019
	ddp created	08/07/2019 20:19:57
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	08/07/2019 20:26:54 17/07/2019 14:38:01
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17015
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/07/2019 14:06:51
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Fairhead on 23 January (HL12726) and Viscount Younger of Leckie on 4 July (HL16484), whether the Department for International Trade's Regional Trade Plans include recommendations for implementation which reflect the views of the private sector; whether equal consideration is given to the recommendations of small and medium-sized enterprises in addition to those of large organisations; and why they do not currently intend to publish Regional Trade Plans in full.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17015
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17015
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>To achieve a forward-looking Global Britain the Department for International Trade works with both UK and overseas businesses of all sizes to drive an increase in trade. Regional Trade Plans are strategic documents which drive the delivery of our Departmental objectives overseas and have been developed by teams who work regularly with businesses in their regions and in the UK. These views are reflected in regional priorities in the Plans.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish a summary of Regional Trade Plans, which will consolidate more detailed internal plans.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1182927

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/03/2020
	date	04/03/2020
	date tabled	04/03/2020
	ddp created	04/03/2020 22:16:22
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	04/03/2020 22:26:47 18/03/2020 18:00:03
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2250
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/03/2020 17:29:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish (1) each of Her Majesty's trade commissioners' latest annual reports setting out the strategy, objectives and overarching priorities for each delegated region, and (2) the budgets supporting the delivery of those objectives.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL2250
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2250
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioners work as an integral part of the Department for International Trade, which produces its annual report and accounts every June or July.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1491795

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2022
	date	21/07/2022
	date tabled	21/07/2022
	ddp created	21/07/2022 19:26:07
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	21/07/2022 19:37:28 28/07/2022 14:05:17
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2055
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	28/07/2022 13:33:46
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they measure the success of the Prime Minister's Trade Envoys.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL2055
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2055
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys showcase the UK’s world class expertise and promote the UK as the destination of choice for inward investment.</p><p>Trade Envoys add value to the efforts of HMG in their respective markets, through the soft power influence they bring in developing relationships with key influencers and feedback has been very positive. Trade Envoys are one part of the Department for International Trade’s support for British businesses seeking to export and win contracts overseas and we do not separate out the impact of Trade Envoys from our broader measures as part of the Outcome Delivery Plan.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1490889

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:59:06
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:09:15 25/07/2022 16:19:10
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: India
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1952
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	25/07/2022 15:47:52
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) status, and (2) timetable, for the conclusion of a free trade agreement with India; and whether the (a) sectorial, and (b) regional, diversity in India will be included in that agreement.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1952
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1952
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>HM Government will soon conclude round 5 of negotiations, which is taking place from 18<sup>th</sup>-29<sup>th</sup> July. Both countries have committed to concluding the majority of talks on a comprehensive trade deal by Diwali in October 2022. We are in detailed discussions on text and are confident in our progress as we work towards a comprehensive deal for the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p>We are negotiating with the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, responsible for negotiating trade deals on behalf of the Government of India.</p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley