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1330784

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent representations has she received from relevant stakeholders on the harmonisation of intellectual property through the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	12113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s intellectual property regime achieves an effective balance between rewarding creators and innovation and reflecting wider public interests. Any future trade deal negotiated by the UK will seek to be consistent with the UK’s membership of international intellectual property conventions that the UK are party to.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already carried out a public consultation on UK accession to this Agreement. The Government will publish its consultation response alongside its outline approach and economic impact assessment in advance of accession negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/06/2021 10:57:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1280562

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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 and Agriculture Commission: Ethics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason the interim report of the Trade and Agriculture Commission round table on ethics does not include the contributions made by the trade union representatives who were in attendance.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	143747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The Trade and Agriculture Commission’s interim progress update was written and published prior to the ethical trading roundtable, which took place on 6 November.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/02/2021 16:25:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1260245

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Data Protection: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what protections are in the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to ensure that citizens’ data is protected in the event that companies decide to transfer that data abroad; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	128148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) ensures that data can flow between the countries while maintaining high data protection standards. The deal does not mandate that data must flow, but rather the provisions clear the way for the flow of data between both countries for business purposes; when data needs to flow across a border it can do so without coming up against unjustified barriers. CEPA does not interfere with the high level of protection afforded to personal data when it is transferred out of the UK under the UK's data protections laws.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/12/2020 14:53:49 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1260246

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Data Protection: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the exemptions for public procurement in (a) Article 8.84 3(a), (b) Article 8.85 3(a), (c) Article 8.73 3(a), (d) Article 8.73 3(b) and (e) footnote [2] in the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Japan for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership include the processing of (i) data, (ii) data flows, (iii) data transfer, (iv) access to data, (v) source code and (vi) algorithms in (A) present and (B) future forms of public data created by (I) artificial intelligence, (II) automated decision-making and (III) digital technology; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	128149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>Articles 8.73 (Source Code), 8.84 (Cross-border transfer of information by electronic means) and 8.85 (Location of computing facilities) of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) contain exemptions for government procurement. These exemptions create a derogation from some or all the obligations contained in Articles 8.73, 8.84 and 8.85 for government procurement activities falling within the scope of these Articles. This derogation would apply to government procurement activities regarding artificial intelligence, automated decision-making and digital technologies to the extent such activities would otherwise be prohibited by these Articles.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/12/2020 11:08:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1260249

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Data Protection: Trade Agreements
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 ensure that existing safeguards on people’s (a) privacy and (b) data protection will be replicated as part of a future WTO agreement on cross-border data flows; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	128150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK government is seeking provisions in trade agreements that remove barriers to the free flow of data, while not lowering the standard of protection afforded to the personal data of UK individuals. The UK is, and will remain, committed to maintaining high standards of protection for personal data, including when it is transferred across borders. The UK recognises the importance of data protection to enable trading partners to build trust through transparent treatment of personal data and to ensure that data is able to flow in an uninterrupted manner.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">Currently cross-border data flows as well as privacy and personal information protection are being discussed at the e-commerce negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The UK will not sign up to any agreement at the WTO which will put at risk the UK’s high standards of data protection, or the personal data protection or privacy currently afforded to UK individuals.</ins></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/12/2020 14:56:54 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2020 09:44:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 69318 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1253861

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Fairs: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2020 to Question 111493, what assessment she has made of the potential adverse trade effects that may be brought to the WTO by UK funding for virtual tradeshow access.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	117991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>There is currently no evidence of the impact made through funding or attending virtual trade shows - adverse or otherwise - published by either UK industry or other nations, on which to make an assessment at this time.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 117992 question first answered 24/11/2020 14:41:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1253862

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Fairs: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 9 November 2020 to Question 111493 on Trade Affairs: Internet, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on UK trade of other countries funding access to virtual trade shows.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	117992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>There is currently no evidence of the impact made through funding or attending virtual trade shows - adverse or otherwise - published by either UK industry or other nations, on which to make an assessment at this time.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 117991 question first answered 24/11/2020 14:41:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1251300

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
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 implications for her policies of the findings of the Which? report entitled National Trade Conversation, published 11 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	114846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government engages with all evidence and we are committed to ensuring the voice of the consumer is represented in trade policy. We have committed to maintaining the consumer standards that the UK public currently enjoys.</p><p>The Department has worked with Which? as they have undertaken the National Trade Conversation, including sitting on the Advisory Group established as part of the programme and my personal involvement in the launch event for the Research Report.</p><p>The work of Which? represents a valuable addition to our understanding of how consumers engage on trade and their core interests and values.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/11/2020 15:28:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1248956

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Fairs: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether WTO rules permit subsidies being paid to businesses taking part in online trade shows.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	111493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM) applies to trade in goods only and prohibits two types of subsidies – those contingent on export performance, and those contingent on the use of domestic over imported goods. All other subsidies may be permitted, but if another WTO member can show that they have caused adverse trade effects, they can raise a dispute with the WTO dispute settlement body and seek removal of the subsidy or impose countervailing duties.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/11/2020 17:11:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1247509

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Japan
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 economic modelling of the comparison between the EU-Japan trade agreement and the UK-Japan trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	109317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The economic modelling in our impact assessment compares the impact of the agreement against a baseline where the UK does not have an agreement with Japan. This is the most appropriate baseline to compare impacts against because, without this agreement, at the end of the transition period the UK and Japan would revert to a trading relationship without a trade agreement. The Parliamentary Report sets out changes in the agreement from the EU-Japan trade agreement to the UK-Japan agreement and a description of their expected impacts.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/11/2020 11:38:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson