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1060671

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether provisions relating to (a) the National Health Service and (b) food standards will be included in future trade negotiations between the US and the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	220742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Protecting the National Health Service (NHS) is of the utmost importance to the UK. The NHS is protected by specific exceptions and reservations in EU trade agreements and as we leave the EU, the UK will continue to ensure that rigorous protections are included in any future trade agreement between the US and the UK.</p><p>We have also been clear that 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> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 18/02/2019 17:44:59 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1060736

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Dumping: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether in the event that the EU Withdrawal Agreement is agreed to UK markets will be protected by EU trade defence measures against Chinese dumping during the transition period of 30 March 2019 to December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	220918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK will continue to apply the EU’s Common External Tariff during the Implementation Period from 30 March 2019 to December 2020, including EU trade remedy measures.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 18/02/2019 17:47:14 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1060740

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Dumping: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he plans to take to ensure the replication of EU trade defence measures to prevent Chinese dumping on the UK market in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	220921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU with no deal, the Government’s priority is to provide continuity for UK industry. Our transition policy is therefore to ensure UK industry retains trade remedy protections on exit, and so we are committed to carrying across existing measures where there is a UK interest, and then reviewing them to make them UK specific. We will follow this approach for any anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures that are in place on exit day.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 18/02/2019 17:46:04 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1058777

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2019 to Question 216933, Trade Agreements: Israel, on which borders are the (a) pre-existing agreements and (b) Continuity Agreement agreed in principle between the UK and Israel based.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	219275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>The EU-Israel Trade Agreements apply to the State of Israel. The same position is being incorporated into the UK-Israel Agreement. The UK does not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), including the settlements, as part of the State of Israel. The OPTs are not covered by the current EU-Israel Trade Agreements, nor by the UK-Israel Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The EU-Palestinian Authority Interim Agreement applies to the territory of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The same position is being incorporated into the UK-Palestinian Authority Interim Agreement, which is due to be signed in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 15/02/2019 10:30:18 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

1058793

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	EU External Trade: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which Departments are responsible for each of the EU free trade agreements that the UK is seeking to roll-over.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Mr Chris Leslie
uin	219302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>The task of ensuring continuity of EU free trade agreements is a cross-government programme with the Department of International Trade’s Trade Policy Group (TPG) working closely with other government departments, alongside the Department for International Development (DFID), the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 15/02/2019 10:32:09 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

1056998

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
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, whether the European Commission Safeguard Measures on imports in relation to section 232 tariffs introduced by the US administration will be in force in UK law on the day that the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	218836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU with no deal, the Government’s priority is to provide continuity for UK industry. Our transition policy is therefore to ensure UK industry retains trade remedy protections on exit, and so we are committed to carrying across existing measures where there is a UK interest, and then reviewing them to make them UK specific. We will follow this approach for any definitive safeguard measures that are in place on exit, as well as for existing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 14/02/2019 13:14:01 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1057041

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Trade Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has a WTO trade schedule prepared for 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	218821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has prepared and lodged at the WTO UK-only schedules for both goods and services. These were lodged on 24 July 2018 for goods and 3 December 2018 for services. Copies were placed in the House Library. Both are ready to become operational on 29 March 2019 if a Withdrawal Agreement is not agreed with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 14/02/2019 13:11:55 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1057097

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	European Economic Area and European Free Trade Association
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Governments of EEA and EFTA member states on the future of trade with those countries in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	218752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>As we leave the EU, the UK remains committed to continuing our close trading relationships with our EEA and EFTA partners. The Government is working to ensure there is no disruption to our trading relationships, including maintaining the effects of our existing preferential trade arrangements with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.</p><p>Most recently, the Secretary of State signed trade agreements with Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Ministers and officials in the Department for International Trade continue to work closely with counterparts in the EEA States to put in place new arrangements should the UK leaving the EU without a deal. Fully replicating the effects of the existing arrangements will be challenging if we do not reach a deal with the EU due to the high degree of alignment with the EU internal market.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 15/02/2019 10:27:22 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1056787

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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, whether the Government plans to rollover the EU Free Trade Agreement with Canada in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	218288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>In the event of leaving the EU without a deal, the UK is seeking continuity for our existing EU free trade agreements, including the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. Both Prime Minister May and Prime Minister Trudeau have agreed to working towards a ‘seamless transition’ of CETA. Discussions are at an advanced stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 15/02/2019 10:34:52 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1056788

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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 steps he is taking to ensure that new free trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU do not (a) lower standards in and (b) privatise NHS services.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	218289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Protecting the NHS is of the utmost importance and the UK Government’s position is that the NHS is not, and never will be, for sale to the private sector, whether overseas or domestic. The NHS is protected by specific exceptions and reservations in EU trade agreements, including the recent EU-Canada agreement (CETA). As we leave the EU, the UK will continue to ensure that rigorous protections for the NHS are included in trade agreements it is party to, whether transitioned from an EU context or as a result of new negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 14/02/2019 13:16:27 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord