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1628730

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce barriers to global trade for British businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	905007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>We are targeting a global ‘hit list’ of barriers whose removal would deliver massive new opportunities for UK business throughout the country, estimated to be worth over £20 billion over five years.</p><p> </p><p>Latest available figures show that in the year to March 2022, the Department resolved 192 trade barriers in 79 countries; 45 of these alone are estimated to be worth around £5 billion to businesses across the UK over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 18/05/2023 15:40:54 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1682391

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to help encourage more trade between the UK and its neighbours.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	9821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>This Government continues to support UK firms to export and invest. We have published our Export Strategy which sets out the support we provide to companies and investors through our network of international trade advisers, sector specialists, and the export support service.</p><p>Ministers and officials meet European partners to promote trade and investment opportunities, remove barriers to trade and support UK businesses. In addition to our trade agreements with the European Union and the EEA/EFTA, we are negotiating an enhanced FTA with Switzerland and will continue to pursue opportunities to strengthen economic ties with our neighbours.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/01/2024 18:16:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1694169

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of the UK's exit from the EU on the volume of goods imports and exports between 2018 and 2023; and what steps she is taking to increase goods imports and exports.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	17417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>We are leading a whole of Government effort to tackle trade barriers. In the 2022-23 financial year alone, the Department resolved 178 trade barriers.</p><p>Total UK goods trade in 2023 was worth £974.1billion - a 15% increase compared to 2018 in current prices.</p><p>We continue to help businesses trade globally with a wealth of support options on great.gov.uk, including the Export Academy, Export Champions, our International Markets network and UK Export Finance.</p><p>The Department has around 300 staff across our network of Embassies and High Commissions in Europe to resolve market access barriers faced by businesses, promote exports and encourage investments.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/03/2024 15:43:23 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1679353

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the implications for (a) her policies and (b) levels of international trade of Houthi activity in the Red Sea.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	7810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ensuring the safety of shipping in the region and safeguarding international trade routes. Amid ongoing Houthi attacks against commercial vessels transiting the Red Sed, the UK has joined Operation PROSPERITY GUARDIAN to help safeguard freedom of navigation.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst other government departments are leading the overall response to the Red Sea crisis, the Department for Business and Trade is focussed on the trade and business side. We continue to assess impacts of Houthi activity on international trade and are working across Government to analyse sectoral impacts and engage industry. Mitigating supply chain issues and promoting free and open international trade continue to be top priorities of HMG.</p><p> </p><p>HMG will shortly be publishing the UK Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy, which will reflect the government’s broader Supply Chain Resilience Framework.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/01/2024 16:41:59 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1682989

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and (b) the redirection of ships around the Cape of Good Hope on UK trade.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	10040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ensuring the safety of shipping in the Red Sea and protecting international trade routes, as shown by our support for Operation Prosperity Guardian.</p><p> </p><p>The Department (alongside other government departments who are leading the overall response to the Red Sea crisis) is closely monitoring the situation, working with key stakeholders and businesses to identify and mitigate supply chain issues. On 17 January the Department published the UK’s first ever Critical Import and Supply Chains Strategy. This will help UK businesses, working in partnership with Government, build secure and reliable supply chains vital to the UK economy, national security, and the delivery of essential services.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2024 17:49:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1611348

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of malaria and other global health issues on the UK’s overseas trade with countries disproportionately affected by malaria and tropical diseases, including trade with Commonwealth countries.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	180976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is an economic growth department that will support British businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and prosperity across the UK; such health assessments fall outside its remit.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 177849 question first answered 21/04/2023 10:55:16 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1671437

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations of the UK Trade and Business Commission's report entitled Trading our way to prosperity, published May 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	2650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government is getting on with the job of delivering economic growth for the whole of the UK. Our trade strategy is to trade our way to prosperity. We are driving prosperity by seeking to strengthen the World Trade Organisation, reform the global rulebook, protect UK business, and open markets by signing high-quality trade deals and removing trade barriers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/11/2023 17:05:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1661518

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to protect UK businesses from potentially being locked out of new markets created by the Inflation Reduction Act in the absence of a free trade agreement with the United States of America.
	tabling member printed	Lord Leong
	uin	HL10255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2023 answer text <p>We have been working with the U.S. on the Inflation Reduction Act including through negotiations on a Critical Minerals Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>UK firms are already part of U.S. supply chains, and we are a net exporter of raw materials for batteries to the U.S. This agreement will support UK based firms to continue to supply the large U.S. market for these materials.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 02/10/2023 11:43:00 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	4959 label Biography information for Lord Leong

1222670

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on the effect of the Government’s post-transition period border plans on the Government's trade negotiations with non-EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	71740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>I refer to the <a href="https://bit.ly/3epl7px" target="_blank">oral statement made by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> on 13 July 2020. Details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed, in line with the practice of successive administrations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 71738 71739 71741 71742 71814 question first answered 15/07/2020 16:51:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1137732

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what cross-party discussions have taken place on preparations for the UK leaving the EU on WTO terms.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	275193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has consulted with Members from all sides of the House on a range of issues relating to the UK’s withdrawal from, and future relationship with the EU.</p><p>If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the UK would implement a temporary tariff regime that takes a balanced approach to support the UK economy as a whole. It will maintain open trade on the majority of UK imports, to support consumers and business supply chains, but retain necessary tariff protection for particular sectors of the UK economy. This would apply for up to 12 months while a full consultation, and review on a permanent approach, is undertaken.</p><p>As a responsible government we’ve been preparing to minimise any disruption in the event of no deal for over three years. We remain focused on ensuring our smooth and orderly withdrawal from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 15/07/2019 16:08:25 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon