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1194776

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Furs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the (a) import and (b) sale of real fur products.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	902525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>EU law currently prohibits imports of cat and dog fur and certain other animal products. Under the Withdrawal Act, these prohibitions will carry across after the end of the transition period. The Government is considering what further steps it could take in relation to fur sales, consistent with our international obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/05/2020 12:28:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1194779

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Israel: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to strengthen the UK's trade in medical research and development with Israel during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	902531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>UK and Israeli experts have been cooperating on the COVID-19 response in such areas as testing, clinical response, epidemiological management and the development of vaccines and treatments. We will continue to assist in identifying and supporting further areas of cooperation between the private and public sectors of both countries.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/05/2020 12:15:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1193811

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	BeoutQ
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of (a) Saudi-based pirate broadcaster beoutQ and (b) piracy more widely, on the value of exports from the UK’s creative industries; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley South
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	43953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Officials in the Department for International Trade work closely with their counterparts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Intellectual Property Office on matters relating to the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights around the world.</p><p> </p><p>Government ministers and our Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have raised this matter with the Saudi Arabian government and will continue to make representations about any alleged broadcast infringement activities of UK IP.</p><p> </p><p>We understand broadcasting piracy in Saudi Arabia, through the pirate operator beoutQ, has now stopped. This followed pressure by the UK, the US, European countries, and major sports rights holders.</p><p> </p><p>We remain vigilant for any further instances of illegal use of UK-owned intellectual property rights across all industries and will continue to raise these issues in territories where protection is not upheld.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 43954 question first answered 12/05/2020 16:40:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4384 label Biography information for Mike Wood

1193820

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	beoutQ
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions officials in her Department have had with their Saudi Arabian counterparts on that country's role in the operation of the pirate broadcaster beoutQ and the effect of that pirate broadcasting on exports of UK sports international broadcast rights.
tabling member constituency	Dudley South
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	43954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Officials in the Department for International Trade work closely with their counterparts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Intellectual Property Office on matters relating to the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights around the world.</p><p> </p><p>Government ministers and our Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have raised this matter with the Saudi Arabian government and will continue to make representations about any alleged broadcast infringement activities of UK IP.</p><p> </p><p>We understand broadcasting piracy in Saudi Arabia, through the pirate operator beoutQ, has now stopped. This followed pressure by the UK, the US, European countries, and major sports rights holders.</p><p> </p><p>We remain vigilant for any further instances of illegal use of UK-owned intellectual property rights across all industries and will continue to raise these issues in territories where protection is not upheld.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 43953 question first answered 12/05/2020 16:40:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4384 label Biography information for Mike Wood

1192219

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to increase trade co-operation between the UK and Israel in the agricultural technology sector.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	42245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>UK and Israel have a strong and important trading relationship and we are committed to strengthening that relationship. A dedicated DIT team in Tel Aviv British Embassy promotes trade cooperation between UK and Israeli companies.</p><p> </p><p>A UK-Israel Tech Hub, working alongside DIT, creates partnerships between British companies and world class Israeli innovators across tech sectors, including agriculture.</p><p> </p><p>Following the signature of the UK- Israel trade continuity agreement, Israel and UK expressed support for a future summit to be hosted in London aimed at increasing bilateral trade, including Agri-Tech. Planned for 2020, the event is on hold due to current corona circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/05/2020 16:48:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1192277

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to promote and facilitate trade co-operation between the UK and Israel in the agricultural technology sector.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	42211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>UK and Israel have a strong and important trading relationship and we are committed to strengthening that relationship. A dedicated DIT team in Tel Aviv British Embassy promotes trade cooperation between UK and Israeli companies.</p><p> </p><p>A UK-Israel Tech Hub, working alongside DIT, creates partnerships between British companies and world class Israeli innovators across tech sectors, including agriculture.</p><p> </p><p>Following the signature of the UK-Israel trade continuity agreement, Israel and UK expressed support for a future summit to be hosted in London aimed at increasing bilateral trade, including Agri-Tech. Planned for 2020, the event is on hold due to current corona circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/05/2020 16:37:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1192393

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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 Export Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the budgets for UK Export Finance allocated to support projects by world region; and how much was spent from each of those budgets in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	42003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>UK Export Finance’s (UKEFs) available support for export transactions is not broken down by region or sector. It is used to support UKEFs mission to ensure that no viable UK export fails for want of finance or insurance, while operating at no net cost to the taxpayer. Each export transaction that is supported is considered on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/05/2020 13:19:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1191227

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agriculture: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which Minister of her Department is responsible for international trade relating to agri-tech.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	41011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>I am responsible for UK Agri-Tech exports overseas and my noble Friend the Minister of State for Investment, Lord Grimstone, for foreign direct investment in the UK Agri-Tech sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 04/05/2020 10:11:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1190581

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost of the Small Deals Initiative has been to the public purse in each year since its establishment.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	40465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) operates at no net cost to the taxpayer. UKEF’s Smaller Deals Initiative is staffed by civil servants employed on standard terms and conditions by UKEF. No costs outside of UKEF’s normal core business have been incurred since the Initiative’s inception.</p><p> </p><p>The Smaller Deals Initiative works on the same “no net cost to the taxpayer” basis as UKEF generally. It collects premiums from transactions supported in exchange for taking on risk on behalf of the taxpayer and to cover the Initiative’s administrative costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 04/05/2020 09:54:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1188868

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness of the Brexit voucher schemes in (i) Ireland and (ii) the Netherlands and (b) the potential merits of introducing a similar scheme in the UK to support SMEs with their trade with European partners after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	38412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>As part of work on a new Export Strategy we are examining the range of existing UK export promotion schemes and will consider the effectiveness of voucher schemes used elsewhere.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/04/2020 12:24:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner