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922290

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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, whether he has had discussions with cabinet colleagues on making Japanese employees exempt from visa quotas in any future UK-Japan trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade regularly discusses trade policy issues with Cabinet colleagues.</p><p> </p><p>The UK does not have commitments on visa quotas in any free trade agreement.</p><p> </p><p>We are seeking continuity in our trade and investment relationship with Japan. The Prime Minister and the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed in August 2017 to ‘work quickly to establish a new economic partnership between Japan and the UK based on the final terms of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement’.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/06/2018 16:37:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

922291

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Customs Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of the UK entering a customs union with the EU after the UK leaves the EU on future trade deals with third party countries.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has regular discussions with his Cabinet colleagues on a variety of topics.</p><p> </p><p>We are leaving the Customs Union and have presented two potential options for our future customs relationship with the EU: the New Customs Partnership and the Highly Streamlined Customs Arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>The government will be guided by what delivers the greatest economic advantage to the UK and by our strategic objectives: to keep trade with the EU as frictionless as possible; to avoid a ‘hard border’ between Ireland and Northern Ireland and to establish an independent international trade policy.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the Customs Union will allow an independent UK trade policy to reach ambitious and innovative trade agreements with the world's fastest-growing economies.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/06/2018 16:32:04 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

922091

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Poultry: 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 his Department is taking to protect the UK poultry meat sector from lower quality, cheaper imports in future trade negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>Any future trade agreements must work for UK producers, businesses, and consumers, and uphold the UK’s high levels of food safety, animal welfare standards, and environmental protection.</p><p> </p><p>When it comes to products imported to the UK, quality and safety will continue to be paramount. Without exception, imports must meet all the relevant UK product rules and regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/06/2018 12:07:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

922092

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Import Duties: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the strength of the EU complaint to the WTO on the introduction of US trade tariffs; and whether the Government plans to support that complaint.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>We consider the US decision to apply tariffs to steel and aluminium imports from the EU, on national security grounds to have weak foundations in international law. Ministers and officials have been, and will continue to be in close contact with their EU counterparts, through bilateral conversations and in the relevant Council bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The UK, through its membership of the EU, has supported the WTO action initiated by the EU. The UK has always been a staunch defender of the rules-based international trading system.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 152149 question first answered 18/06/2018 11:56:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

922094

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Import Duties: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to support the European Commission in its WTO case against the US administration's introduction of trade tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>We consider the US decision to apply tariffs to steel and aluminium imports from the EU, on national security grounds to have weak foundations in international law. Ministers and officials have been, and will continue to be in close contact with their EU counterparts, through bilateral conversations and in the relevant Council bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The UK, through its membership of the EU, has supported the WTO action initiated by the EU. The UK has always been a staunch defender of the rules-based international trading system.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 152147 question first answered 18/06/2018 11:56:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

922095

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the imposition of tariffs on steel imports.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has spoken on multiple occasions to the United States Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce about the US decision to impose tariffs. Furthermore, the Prime Minister raised the issue at the recent G7 summit, setting out our view that the US action is ‘unjustified and deeply disappointing.’</p><p>We will continue to work closely with the US and our EU partners to secure a permanent EU exemption to these tariffs. We also continue to work with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on supporting industry through the product exemptions process which is being run by the US Department of Commerce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/06/2018 16:34:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

922096

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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, what his policy is on exempting Japanese employees from visa quotas in any future UK-Japan trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	152151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK does not have commitments on visa quotas in any free trade agreement.</p><p>We are seeking continuity in our trade and investment relationship with Japan. The Prime Minister and the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed in August 2017 to ‘work quickly to establish a new economic partnership between Japan and the UK based on the final terms of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.’</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/06/2018 10:08:18 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

849971

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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 Remedies Authority: Public Appointments
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 16 February 2018 to Question 126972, on Trade Remedies Authority: Public Appointments, for what reason the proposed chair of the Trade Remedies Authority will not be subject to a pre-appointment hearing by the International Trade Select Committee.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 5 February 2018, UIN 126038. We are consulting with the Cabinet Office on conducting public appointments to the Trade Remedies Authority in line with the principles of the Governance Code for Public Appointments. This sets out the process by which public appointments should be made. This guidance is freely available to the public online and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-code-for-public-appointments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-code-for-public-appointments</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/03/2018 17:24:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

847812

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Trade Policy of 22 February 2018, Official Report, column 308, what the timescale is for the discussions on replicating the institutions that currently oversee the trading relationships between the UK through its membership of the EU and third countries.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>As previously stated by my Hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union in response to a similar question (IUN: 126627), we believe the effects of existing international agreements to which we are a party, should continue to apply during the Implementation Period. We are working with partner countries on the detail of this.</p><p>We will continue to work with partner countries to agree how best to ensure continuity beyond the Implementation Period.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/02/2018 17:32:33 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

847813

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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 Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to his oral contribution of 22 February 2018, Official Report, column 305, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the CBI's briefing on the impact of the UK leaving the EU is highly suspect.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it will carry out the will of the people who voted to leave the EU in June 2016. In doing so, DIT is engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, including the CBI, to ensure that we maximise the investment and export potential of business across the whole of the UK. This includes setting up a Trade Remedies Authority to protect British business from unfair trading practices, such as dumping and subsidies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/03/2018 17:19:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson