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1143361

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to exclude the NHS from any trade deals that are negotiated after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	284645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/09/2019 17:20:17 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1142847

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	284325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/09/2019 16:05:06 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1143684

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what meetings her Department has had with Bristol City Council to discuss preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	285318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/09/2019 16:02:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1142929

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Freeports: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has plans to establish areas that are outside the UK’s customs territory in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
	tabling member printed	John Lamont
	uin	284409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Trade recently announced the creation of new UK Freeports that will boost trade, attract inward investment and drive economic growth after Brexit.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we develop the policy, it is important that we consider a Freeport model that works in the best interests of the whole of the UK. Once a model has been decided, a selection process will take place where specific locations for UK Freeports will be chosen.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/09/2019 14:57:21 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1143240

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Disability Aids: Import Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the effect of the levying of import taxes on assistive and adaptive equipment used by people with disabilities in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement; and what steps she plans to take to ensure that people with disabilities will be able to access such equipment in the event the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	284539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring people with disabilities are not negatively impacted in any EU Exit scenario. If the UK leaves the EU without a deal in place, the Government would implement its Temporary Tariff Regime, announced in March. Under this regime the majority of imports would be tariff free, reducing the risk of price increases for consumers. The Temporary Tariff Regime does not plan to impose import taxes on assistive and adaptive equipment. The full list of products that will face tariffs in a no deal exit can be found online.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/09/2019 14:53:50 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1143558

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Argentina
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the economic situation in Argentina on UK trade with that country.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	285371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The UK continues to monitor the economic situation in Argentina to ensure we can offer the best possible support to the more than 100 UK companies currently operating in Argentina, as well as prospective exporters.</p><p>The UK considers Argentina to be a key trading partner within the Latin America region. We are committed to building our trade and investment with Argentina, which was highlighted by the announcement of Mark Menzies MP as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Argentina in December 2018. Since then Mark has undertaken two visits to Argentina to help foster trade and Baroness Fairhead also visited Argentina in April. We were happy to receive over one hundred Argentinian companies to the UK earlier this year, to explore business opportunities with UK companies in areas where the UK has world class expertise.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/09/2019 14:43:22 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1143473

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	285141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Details of travel costs incurred by Ministers of the Department during the calendar year 2018 are listed in the table below (£’s). These figures represent costs for travel booked through the Department’s travel management company.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>AIR</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>ECONOMY</p></td><td><p>27182.92</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>PREMIUM ECONOMY</p></td><td><p>1248.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BUSINESS</p></td><td><p>275071.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>303502.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAIL</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>STANDARD</p></td><td><p>5354.00</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>STANDARD PREMIUM</p></td><td><p>268.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5622.00</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>GRAND TOTAL</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>309124.72</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/09/2019 14:39:06 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1143576

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Publications: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether any countries plan to raise their tariffs on the importation of books from the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	284998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Most of the UK’s key trading partners apply zero MFN tariffs on books, including the EU, US, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Switzerland and Canada. With others, including Chile and Colombia, the UK will retain current tariff preferences as a result of rolling over existing agreements.</p><p> </p><p>There are some countries, including Mexico, Egypt and Morocco, with which we are currently negotiating to retain the existing tariff preferences. If these negotiations are not concluded successfully then they would likely impose duties on UK books.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will continue to not charge any import duties on books irrespective of the country of origin.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/09/2019 14:35:23 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1142839

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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: Catering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on refreshments in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	284260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has spent a total of £276,815 on refreshments in the financial years 2017/18 and 2018/19. This cost includes both the UK and overseas.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 – March 2018</p></td><td><p>£118,579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 – March 2019</p></td><td><p>£158,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£276,815</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Staff at the Department for International Trade are located across more than one hundred countries and as we prepare to leave the EU, our ministers and Department for International Trade staff regularly travel overseas to build relationships with key global trading partners and the Department uses refreshment for diplomatic entertainment on trade issues.</p><p> </p><p>This includes through the 14 trade working groups we have set up across 21 countries to advance the UK's trade and investment relationships and scope out the potential for future free trade agreements. The figures include overseas spending.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/09/2019 14:26:47 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1143676

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reasons she invited a delegation from Hong Kong to the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	285384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The reason any country is invited to the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition is because it brings together manufacturers of defence and security equipment and prospective purchasers. It provides an opportunity for UK industry to demonstrate the wide range of products to potential overseas customers.</p><p> </p><p>Hong Kong has recently confirmed that it is not attending.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/09/2019 11:12:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft