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1388708

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date	16/12/2021
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 Agreements: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the government of Israel on a free trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	94307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Officials and Ministers are in regular contact with their Israeli counterparts on our existing bilateral free trade agreement and ambitions for our future relationship. On Wednesday 24<sup>th</sup> November 2021, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade met the Israeli Ambassador and discussed ways in which we can enhance our existing trade relationship over time.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will open a Call for Input on an enhanced bilateral free trade agreement with Israel early this year.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 14:28:07 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1388709

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date	16/12/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	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 estimate she has made of the total value of bilateral trade with Israel in the last five years, and what steps she is taking to increase that value in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	94308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Our bilateral trade relationship with Israel is already strong at almost £5 billion per year. Total trade between the UK and Israel has grown over the last five years from £3.5 billion in 2015 to £4.8 billion in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Officials and Ministers are in regular contact with their Israeli counterparts on our existing bilateral free trade agreement and ambitions for our future relationship. The Government will open a Call for Input on an enhanced bilateral free trade agreement with Israel early this year.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 13:28:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1388774

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if her Department will agree to a temporary waiver of the TRIPS Agreement for the production of mRNA covid-19 vaccines; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member for Harrow West to the answer given by my Hon. Friend, the Minister for Exports, to the Hon. Member for Preston on 17 December, UIN: 90349.</p><p> </p><p>The G7 Trade Ministers’ communique of 22<sup>nd</sup> October notes our determination to achieve an impactful outcome on trade and health, including how the international IP framework can best support the WTO’s pandemic response.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 14:43:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388778

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many Departmental staff were stationed in each of the 28 states of India in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) employees working overseas are often stationed at a central base, such as a High Commission, but operate across India. DIT has several overseas bases within India as part of the British overseas network, such as Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chandigrah and Kolkata. Total workforce numbers have been provided to protect anonymity of individuals working at some of these locations:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-Nov-21</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-Nov-20</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-Nov-19</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-Nov-18</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-Nov-17</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note: The headcount figures include overseas UK based staff, country-based staff and country-based staff interns (there are no country-based staff interns in India).</p><p>These figures do not include UKEF staff, those on loan from Other Government Departments who remain on their home departments payroll, contractors, military staff, people on secondment from other organisations, those who are on loan or secondment out of DIT, or on unpaid special leave or career break.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 13:37:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388175

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Export Controls
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 Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449, on Trade Policy Update, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of new arms licensing criteria in preventing (a) internal repression and (b) the commission of violations of international humanitarian law.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	93899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The revised Criteria announced in the Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449, reflect the UK’s policy considerations and take into account a full range of factors including our international legal obligations including the Arms Trade Treaty.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government is satisfied that the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria provides a thorough risk assessment framework for assessing all export licence applications. With regard to internal repression and the commission of violations of international humanitarian law, the key tests are Criterion 2a and Criterion 2c. These criteria have not substantially changed; indeed they have been made stronger by the addition of “facilitation” within their scope.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 17:58:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1388183

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Export Controls
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 Written Statement of 8 December, HCWS449 on Trade Policy Update, whether the Government held (a) formal and (b) informal consultations with representatives of the defence industry in advance of that announcement.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	93900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>When preparing the written statement of 8 December, HCWS449 which introduced the current Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, there were no advance formal or informal consultations with industry or representatives of industry.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 17:56:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith