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date	14/02/2019
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: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that those developing countries which access UK markets under the terms of a trade agreement with the EU do not face a disruption to trade in the event that he is unable to conclude a trade agreement with them which replicates the terms of that EU agreement by 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	221537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>A deal with the EU would provide a clear mechanism to achieve continuity of our existing free trade agreements with developing countries from exit day and throughout an implementation period.</p><p>We are working with partners to conclude and implement agreements from 29 March 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter in the event of a “no deal” exit.</p><p> </p><p>The Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act enables the UK to put in place a UK trade preferences scheme for developing countries. If the UK trade agreements are not agreed in time but the UK’s unilateral preferences scheme has been put in place, some developing countries would be eligible for preferential access under different tiers of that scheme.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 22/02/2019 11:12:13 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1061242

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what are the least-developed countries to which the UK plans to grant duty-free and quota-free access; and what are the further 25 countries that will be granted generous tariff reductions.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	221538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s independent trade preference scheme will, as a minimum, provide the same level of access as the current EU trade preference scheme. The countries that will receive duty free quota free access are those listed in Part 2 of Schedule 3 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act, and the other eligible developing countries that will be granted preferences are those listed in Part 3 of that Schedule.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 21/02/2019 11:12:44 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1060473

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to promote the Government's trade for development programme.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	909199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains a world leader in trade for development. We are prioritising our trading partners for the future, for example through our commitments on gender, the new Commonwealth Standards Network and our ambition for the UK to be the largest G7 investor in Africa by 2022.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/02/2019 15:12:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

1060476

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to promote the Government's trade for development programme.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	909204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains a world leader in trade for development. We are prioritising our trading partners for the future, for example through our commitments on gender, the new Commonwealth Standards Network and our ambition for the UK to be the largest G7 investor in Africa by 2022.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/02/2019 15:11:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy