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749215

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in establishing a network of trade commissioners to highlight the importance of UK exports and to assist UK companies in exporting their products.
	tabling member printed	Lord Cotter
	uin	HL552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will create a network of Her Majesty's Trade Commissioners to head nine new regional overseas posts. These Commissioners will bring together export promotion, investment, and trade policy overseas. The Department is currently finalising the scope of the roles and will begin recruitment shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 20/07/2017 11:26:20 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	3786 label Biography information for Lord Cotter

724644

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to promote sales of Typhoon aircraft to other countries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
	uin	HL6886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 27/04/2017 11:57:47 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

711588

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2017
	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 Promotion: Central America
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider appointing a Prime Minister's trade adviser for Central America.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL6094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>There is currently no such title or role as a Prime Minister’s trade adviser. However there are currently no plans for a Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Central America. The exact make up of our overseas engagement is under constant review in order to balance our global efforts and resources to achieve maximum strategic benefit to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We support international trade and investment through a range of engagements tailored to individual markets and regions. The Department for International Trade leads on this work and has an international staff network, including in the Central American markets of Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Panama. DIT’s work to place the UK at the forefront of global trade is supported by other government departments as well as British business, Business Ambassadors and Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 28/03/2017 11:41:58 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

713698

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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 Promotion: Bosnia and Herzegovina
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote trade between the UK and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
	uin	HL6295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>According to the latest data from the FCO Economics Unit (2015), UK exports (goods and services) to Bosnia and Herzegovina were £57 million with UK imports reaching £53 million in 2015. (Data for 2016 will be published in April). In FY 2017/18 the HMG team based in Sarajevo will continue to promote trade opportunities across the mining, oil and gas, retail, infrastructure and security sectors which will include a series of tailored events in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the UK and across the wider Central and Eastern European region.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 06/04/2017 14:42:28 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

717229

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2017
	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 Missions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many trade missions they have organised since 2010; and what is their estimate of the added value to the UK economy of each one.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL6530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade, formerly UKTI, has supported 7,181 unique businesses through outward missions and 4,333 unique businesses through inward missions since the financial year 2010-11 through to end FY2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate for the total anticipated value of outward missions since FY2010-11, based on firm-level data collected through our internal DIT (UKTI) client survey, is £6.42 billion in additional sales. This equates to an average of £893,000 in additional sales per unique business supported.</p><p> </p><p>The comparable estimate for inward missions is £2.64 billion in additional sales since 2010-11. This equates to an average of £609,000 in additional sales per unique business supported.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 19/04/2017 14:18:58 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

714945

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	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: South Africa
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for ministerial or other visits to South Africa to establish trade deals after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Steel of Aikwood
	uin	HL6431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>Secretary of State Fox and Lord Price have both met with Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry in South Africa, and DIT Ministers are keen to visit South Africa in the near future. We are committed to strengthening ties as the UK prepares to leave the European Union and to work together to identify trade and investment opportunities that will benefit not only the UK and South Africa, but across the wider southern Africa and Africa region.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 12/04/2017 13:00:46 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	949 label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood

714959

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	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: Commonwealth
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many specialist personnel, expert in international trade agreements within the Commonwealth, they have engaged by outsourcing to the private sector as part of the Brexit process; and how many of those have been engaged to deal specifically with trade agreements with South Africa.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chidgey
	uin	HL6445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International trade has not engaged any trade specialists, including for trade agreements with South Africa, via private sector outsourcing.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 07/04/2017 12:12:21 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	50 label Biography information for Lord Chidgey

718239

	registered interest
	date	06/04/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to impose any legislative requirement on the devolved administrations to comply with the principles of (1) non-discrimination, and (2) free movement of goods and services between the constituent parts of the UK, in the exercise of their powers after the UK has left the EU, equivalent to those principles which are currently enshrined in EU law; and if so, how.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL6738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>As the UK leaves the EU our guiding principle will be to ensure that no new barriers to living and doing business within our own Union are created. We will maintain the necessary standards and frameworks to empower the UK as an open, trading nation to strike the best deals around the world.</p><p> </p><p>On the basis of these principles, we will work with the devolved administrations on an approach to returning powers from the EU that works for the whole of the UK and reflects the interests of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 21/04/2017 13:13:54 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

751152

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many qualified lawyers have been recruited by the Department for International Trade.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade does not directly recruit in house lawyers. Currently there are approximately 20 Government Legal Department lawyers working for the benefit of the Department for International Trade.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 26/07/2017 13:16:21 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

731053

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Shipping: Sales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to convert EU Regulation 1035/2016 into UK law; and, if so, which UK body will assume the role of the European Commission for the investigation of under-pricing of vessels by foreign countries and the imposition of fines or other actions against relevant parties.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL61
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Great Repeal Bill will provide legal certainty by converting the body of existing EU law into UK law, wherever practical and appropriate, at the point of exit.</p><p>The Government will also establish, through legislation the essential tools we need to deliver the best international trading framework for the UK as we leave the European Union and in the future, including an effective Trade Remedies regime.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 28/06/2017 15:10:36 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town