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533685

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date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: 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 value of (1) passenger cars, and (2) motor vehicles, annually (a) produced in the EU, (b) exported from the UK to the rest of the EU, (c) exported from the rest of the EU to the UK, (d) exported from the UK to Germany, and (e) exported from Germany to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Davies of Stamford
uin	HL1053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The EU-28 automotive industries generated a combined turnover of around £730bn (€900bn) in 2014. However it is not possible to separate out the passenger car element of this. Source: EuroStat Structural Business Survey (NACE 29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers)</p><p>The table below shows the value of exports and imports of motor vehicles, and of these, passenger cars between a) UK and the EU-28 and b) UK and Germany.</p><p>The definitions for each category are based on HS commodity codes. The codes used for each category are shown below the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Value of trade in passenger cars and motor vehicles, £bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Motor vehicles</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Of which passenger cars</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK exports to EU</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK imports from EU</p></td><td><p>37.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>41.8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK exports to Germany</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK imports from Germany</p></td><td><p>18.6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Source: Eurostat Trade Database, converted from €s to £s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Passenger cars = HS 8702 and HS 8703</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Motor vehicles = HS 8701, HS 8702, HS 8703, HS 8704, HS 8705, HS 8706, HS 8707, HS 8708 and HS 8709</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 14/07/2016 12:42:05 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	346 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Stamford

524498

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Families: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many trade agreements are currently being negotiated by the EU, and with which countries.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The European Commission is actively negotiating seven bilateral trade and investment agreements. These are with the following countries: USA, Japan, Philippines, India, the Mercosur bloc, Morocco and Tunisia. The European Commission is negotiating bilateral investment agreements with Burma and China. In addition, the European Commission is also engaged in the negotiation of two “plurilateral” agreements on behalf of the EU: the Trade in Services Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 21/06/2016 13:37:23 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

524499

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which European trade agreements are awaiting ratification by the UK Parliament.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The EU-Southern Africa Economic Partnership Agreement and the EU-Central America Association Agreement are expected to be presented to Parliament in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>The EU has concluded negotiations with the following partners and, assuming that these agreements are approved in Council as being of “mixed competence”, each will need to be approved by Parliament: Canada, Ecuador, Singapore, Vietnam, Eastern Africa, and Western Africa.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 21/06/2016 12:48:30 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

524308

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
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 value of (1) imports, and (2) exports, from other EU member states to each local authority area in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
uin	HL579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>Regional trade statistics at the local authority level are not available.</p><p> </p><p>Trade statistics showing the value of trade in goods between UK regions/countries (NUTS 1 level) and EU member states are available from the HM Revenue and Customs’ Regional Trade Statistics database.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 15/06/2016 12:25:04 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

523680

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which trade agreements would have to be individually negotiated in the event of a vote to leave the EU in the forthcoming referendum, broken down by region.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s documents to inform the debate ahead of the referendum, were the UK to leave the EU, as well as losing the UK’s guaranteed access to the Single Market, the UK would also lose the use of the EU’s free trade agreements with over 50 economies worldwide. These countries are listed on page 45 of the Government’s “Alternatives to membership: possible models for the United Kingdom outside the European Union”. This page also provides a map highlighting trade agreements in place, those under negotiation, and those currently being planned for.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 13/06/2016 12:34:05 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price attachment 1 file name Alternatives_to_membership_-_possible_models_for_the_UK_outside_the_EU.pdf title 'Alternatives to membership' publication
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

518729

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Housing: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Price on 10 May (HL8062), whether that answer assumes that the United States Congress will accept a "fast-track" procedure for ratifying the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and what assessment they have made of the likelihood of such a procedure being either endorsed or withdrawn by the new Congress in 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL23
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>Legislation to re-authorise Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) – sometimes called “fast track” – the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, was signed into law by President Obama on 29 June 2015. It will apply to certain international trade agreements – including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – if agreement is reached before 1 July 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 01/06/2016 11:37:59 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

518764

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Darfur: Chemical Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to improve trade data for the next calendar quarter.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL58
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>Increasing exports is a key factor in the Government’s long-term economic plan. Government departments are working together to support UK businesses looking to take advantage of overseas opportunities and to create a strong business environment that allows them to flourish both at home and overseas.</p><p> </p><p>A key part of this work is to identify export opportunities, many of which are based around the needs of high-growth and emerging markets. We are making those opportunities available to UK businesses through the Exporting is GREAT campaign which has elicited over 25,000 responses to the 7,000 export opportunities published online since it launched in November 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 02/06/2016 14:22:31 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

518813

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the proportions, by value, of British exports of goods to EU member states invoiced in (1) sterling, (2) US dollars, and (3) euro, in 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The data requested is not available. HM Revenue and Customs collects data on the currency of invoice for trade with non-EU countries but businesses are not required to declare the currency of invoicing for trade with EU member states.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 01/06/2016 11:42:48 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

518098

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: NHS
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish the draft Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership agreement and any information they have on risks to the NHS posed by that draft treaty.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL8258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the noble Lord.</p> answering member printed Lord Price grouped question UIN HL8259 question first answered 12/05/2016 11:53:34 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

518099

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: NHS
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the NHS is excluded from the current Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership draft documents, and whether they will publish the legal advice they previously commissioned, in full or in summary, regarding the risk to the NHS of litigation by US private health companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL8259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the noble Lord.</p> answering member printed Lord Price grouped question UIN HL8258 question first answered 12/05/2016 11:53:34 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn