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1144201

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of EU businesses that divert supply chains away from the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL17689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has not undertaken work to assess the impact should EU businesses decide to move supply chains away from the EU.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is seeking a comprehensive, ambitious future partnership with the European Union including a best in class Free Trade Agreement. The UK and the EU have a long standing and close trading relationship, with our businesses operating across borders to service clients and customers in the UK and the EU. The new FTA will seek to create new benchmark for trade liberalization and economic co-operation. It will aim to establish both zero tariffs and effective customs arrangements for goods, negate any need for EU businesses to change suppliers, and enable UK companies to continue to participate in pan-European supply chains.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 09/09/2019 16:22:57 question first ministerially corrected 02/10/2019 14:06:01 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank previous answer version 135220 answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1659969

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) customs requirements, and (2) other requirements, are placed upon firms from Great Britain exporting goods directly to the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
	uin	HL10079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p><strong>Goods exported directly from Great Britain (GB) to the European Union (EU), including goods exported to Ireland, are subject to customs formalities. This means goods must be presented and declared to customs, they must not be exported without the permission of HMRC and a message must be sent after their departure to confirm the goods have left GB. Information on the export process, including special rules and requirements for licences or certificates, can be found on GOV.UK</strong><strong><strong>[1]</strong></strong><strong>. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The customs authorities of EU member states are responsible for the management of their import procedures.</strong></p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/export-goods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/export-goods</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 26/09/2023 15:09:53 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1271085

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to lay any UK–EU free trade agreement before the House; and what assessment they have made of what further legislation may be needed to implement the final agreement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
	uin	HL11406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2021 answer text <p>A copy of the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and the Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) (together, the ‘Agreements’) have been placed in the House of Lords Library. The European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 made changes to domestic law needed to implement our international obligations. There will also be a small programme of secondary legislation needed to fulfill all our obligations under the Agreements.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 05/01/2021 17:20:45 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1467920

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of British businesses that have stopped trading with the EU since 1 January 2021.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>A response to the noble Lord’s Parliamentary Question of 6 June is below and attached.</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician</p><p>The Lord Birt<br>House of Lords<br>London<br>SW1A 0PW</p><p>17 June 2022</p><p>Dear Lord Birt,</p><p><br>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what estimate has been made of the percentage of British businesses that have stopped trading with the EU since 1 January 2021 (HL603).</p><p>Unfortunately, the Office for National Statistics does not hold or publish data on the percentage of British businesses that have stopped trading with the EU since 1 January 2021.</p><p>Through the Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS), however, we do collect some data on the changes businesses have made to how and where they import and export since 1 January 2021.</p><p>Estimates from early May 2022 show that 4% of trading exporting businesses changed from exporting their goods and services to EU countries to nations from outside the EU. The percentage of trading importing businesses who changed from importing from within the EU to outside the EU was 2%. Table 1 provides the estimates from BICS at the start of 2021 and May 2022, where we asked businesses that have exported or imported in the last 12 months if they have changed where they have exported/imported goods or services to in the last three months.[1]</p><p>In early March 2022, estimates from BICS show that 7% of businesses made changes to supply chains due to the end of the EU transition period. Table 2 provides the time series from BICS, where we asked businesses if they made changes to supply chains due to the end of the EU transition period.</p><p>The UK leaving the EU and the subsequent transition period, along with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, global recession and supply chain disruption, have caused higher levels of volatility in trade statistics in the past two years. We have investigated the impacts of EU exit and COVID-19 on UK trade in goods [2] and UK trade in services [3] in recent articles, and have also examined the extent to which supply chains have shifted following theend of the EU exit transition period in UK trade in goods, year in review: 2021. [4]</p><p>However, it continues to be difficult to assess the extent to which trade movements reflect short-term trade disruption or longer-term supply chain adjustments.</p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Have you changed where you have exported/imported your goods or services to in the last three months?</p><p>Percentage of businesses currently trading and have exported or imported in last 12 months, weighted by count, UK, 8 February 2021 to 15 May 2022</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Reference period</p></td><td><p>Changed from EU to non-EU</p></td><td><p>Changed from non-EU to EU [5]</p></td><td><p>No Changes Made</p></td><td><p>Not Sure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exporting businesses</p></td><td><p>8 February to 21 February 2021</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td><td><p>93.1%</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>3 May to 15 May 2022</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>92.5%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Importing businesses</p></td><td><p>8 February to 21 February 2021</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>95.2%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>3 May to 15 May 2022</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td><td><p>91.6%</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) [6]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Has your business made changes to supply chains due to the end of the EU transition period?</p><p>Percentage of businesses not permanently stopped, weighted by count, UK, 22 March 2021 to 20 March 2022</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reference Period</p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>Not Sure</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 March to 4 April 2021</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>59.6%</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>32.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 April to 18 April 2021</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>57.0%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>34.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 April to 2 May 2021</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>56.8%</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td><td><p>34.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 May to 16 May 2021</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>56.9%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>35.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 May to 30 May 2021</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>47.1%</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td><td><p>44.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 May to 13 June 2021</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td><td><p>51.1%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>40.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 June to 27 June 2021</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>45.0%</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td><td><p>45.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 July to 25 July 2021</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>36.3%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>52.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 August to 22 August 2021</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>40.4%</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td><td><p>49.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 September to 19 September 2021</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>39.2%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>49.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 October to 31 October 2021</p></td><td><p>4.9%</p></td><td><p>48.8%</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td><td><p>41.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 November to 28 November 2021</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>51.6%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>38.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 December to 26 December 2021</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>48.3%</p></td><td><p>4.9%</p></td><td><p>42.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 January to 23 January 2022</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>41.0%</p></td><td><p>6.0%</p></td><td><p>48.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 February to 20 February 2022</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>43.4%</p></td><td><p>5.6%</p></td><td><p>46.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 March to 20 March 2022</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td><td><p>47.8%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>41.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS)</p><p> </p><p>1 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy</p><p>2 https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/theimpactsofeuexitandthecoronavirusonuktradeingoods/2021-05-25</p><p>3 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/articles/theimpactsofeuexitandcoronaviruscovid19onuktradeinservices/latest</p><p>4 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/articles/uktradeingoodsyearinreview/2021</p><p>5 [c] represents data that has been removed for confidentiality reasons, such as percentages less than 1%.</p><p>6 Further time periods are available: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 20/06/2022 16:47:32 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQHL603.pdf title UKSA response to HL603
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1228272

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to discuss the requirement for export declarations on goods moving between Northern Ireland and Great Britain as part of negotiations on the future UK–EU relationship.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL7511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the Command Paper ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uks-approach-to-the-northern-ireland-protocol" target="_blank">The UK’s approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol</a>’, we will ensure unfettered access for Northern Ireland goods moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain, and enshrine this in legislation by the end of the year. The document set out our approach, including that we will not require exit summary declarations on those movements.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 11/08/2020 11:16:11 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1176198

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Lord Privy Seal on 3 February (HLWS83), whether the "measures to minimise barriers to the cross-border supply of services and investment" will include provisions for the free onward movement of (1) personnel, and (2) equipment, between EU countries.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	uin	HL1318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the Political Declaration, both the EU and the UK will aim to provide for visa-free travel for short-term visits, and agree provision on temporary entry and stay of natural persons, allowing businesses to move their talented employees and provide services.</p><p> </p><p>The temporary movement of goods and equipment is a priority for cultural, creative and sport sectors - this includes instruments used by touring musicians, objects and collections loaned between museums, and sporting equipment taken to competitive events.</p><p> </p><p>Cultural, creative and sporting organisations from all over the world regularly bring their goods and equipment into the UK on a temporary basis, and UK organisations do the same all over the world too.</p><p> </p><p>Arrangements for moving goods and equipment between the UK and EU will not change before the end of the Transition period in December 2020. During the Transition period, until the end of 2020, there will also be no changes to rules to provide services or work temporarily in the EU and UK Nationals can continue to travel to the EU as now.</p><p> </p><p>The scope and detail of this will be subject to negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 12/02/2020 15:20:25 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1226216

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, when negotiating future trade arrangements with the EU, they plan to adopt a policy of linking greenhouse gas trading systems in relation to common operational procedures and technical standards, similar to that included in the proposed agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation (COM (2020) 255).
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL7044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>As stated within the Government’s publication: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/868874/The_Future_Relationship_with_the_EU.pdf" target="_blank">The Future Relationship with the EU, The UK’s Approach to Negotiations</a>, the UK is committed to carbon pricing as a decarbonisation tool. We will establish a UK system that supports our world leading climate ambition, including net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This will enable UK energy generators, heavy industry and aviation to decarbonise their operations in an efficient and cost-effective manner.</p><p>In the context of our approach to carbon pricing, the UK remains open to considering a link between any future UK Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the EU ETS (as Switzerland has done with its ETS), if it suited both sides’ interests.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 27/07/2020 10:47:22 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1273687

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on consumers of EU-based companies suspending deliveries to the UK because of documentation and taxation requirements for imported goods following the end of the transition period for the UK’s departure from the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL11746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>As with all new tax measures the Government includes its assessment of the impacts of the changes in Tax Information and Impact Notes. Notes for measures recently legislated for in the Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act were published alongside that legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 18/01/2021 17:36:21 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1204203

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the World Trade Organisation about invoking Article 24 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in the event that an agreement is not reached with the EU before the end of the transition period; and what progress they have made in establishing UK independent World Trade Organisation schedules.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL5802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>At the end of this year the UK will have recovered its economic and political independence. The question is whether we can agree with the EU a deeper trading relationship or whether we have a trading relationship based on the 2019 deal, without a free trade agreement (FTA), on the lines of Australia’s.</p><p> </p><p>On leaving the EU on February 1<sup>st</sup> 2020 the UK took up its independent seat at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The UK’s independent schedules were submitted to the WTO for certification in 2018 in July (Goods) and December (Services), and when the transition period ends at the end of this year they will form the basis of the UK’s independent trade policy.</p><p> </p><p>GATT Article XXIV permits the establishment of FTAs and Customs Unions as an exception to the most favoured nation principle, but it has no relevance without an agreement between the WTO members in question.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 23/06/2020 13:54:54 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1659970

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what level of physical checks are currently placed on goods travelling directly from Great Britain to (1) the Republic of Ireland, and (2) other parts of the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
	uin	HL10080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2023 answer text <p>Border Force make use of a wide range of methods and tools to effectively target national security and fiscal risks.</p><p>Border Force does not publish information relating to the number of physical checks carried out as doing so would publicise operational practices which could be used to assist in the evasion of customs controls and compromise Border security.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL10081 question first answered 28/09/2023 10:11:17 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme