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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2019-03-27
answering body
Department for International Trade more like this
answering dept id 202 more like this
answering dept short name International Trade more like this
answering dept sort name International Trade more like this
hansard heading Cocoa: Trade more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the UN's global goals to end poverty, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that cocoa farmers earn living incomes by 2030. more like this
tabling member constituency Lanark and Hamilton East more like this
tabling member printed
Angela Crawley more like this
uin 237740 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The UK is firmly of the belief that trade has a key role to play in delivering the global goals and tackling poverty. That is why the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act enables the UK to put in place a trade preferences scheme for developing countries, granting duty-free, quota-free access to 48 Least Developing Countries and granting tariff reductions to around 25 other developing countries. This is critical to achieving Global Goal 17. It also remains the UK’s priority to replicate the effects of the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, which includes 24 Commonwealth countries, some of whom are key cocoa producers.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Meon Valley remove filter
answering member printed George Hollingbery more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-05T09:12:51.483Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-05T09:12:51.483Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery more like this
tabling member
4469
label Biography information for Angela Crawley more like this