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1135785

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date	01/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Technology: Foreign Investment in UK
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 role of the UK's tech sector in attracting foreign direct investment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	271466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Tech Nation 2019 report, states that the UK attracts more VC tech investment than anywhere else in Europe, with £6.3 billion raised in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>During London Tech Week, June 2019, DIT hosted 20 delegations from our international Posts consisting of 600 innovative tech companies keen to invest and scale up in the UK and secured £1.2 billion of new FDI announcements creating 850 new jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Through the AI Sector Deal, this government is actively supporting the development of talent, nationwide, ensuring that this position is strengthened and investment in AI, exceeding £3.8 billion, continues to grow.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/07/2019 10:13:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091403

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Business: Exports
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 help export businesses prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	234188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Our priority is securing a deal with the European Union as this will avoid disruption to our global trading relationships. Until that deal is in place, we must prepare for all eventualities. The Government has set out what issues business, including exporting businesses, need to consider in a no-deal scenario and the Public Information Campaign directs business to that information on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade’s frontline International Trade Advisers are regularly updated with the latest GOV.UK updates and information to help SMEs across England prepare for leaving the EU. International Trade Advisers are using this information to ensure SMEs are promptly referred to the latest available EU Exit business readiness information, including the HMRC Partnership Pack. My Department is also working closely with our counterparts in the Devolved Administrations to ensure that similar guidance is available to SMEs in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>In addition my Department continues to work closely with BEIS and HMRC to ensure that the published Public Information Campaign guidance is widely circulated. My Department has briefed Business Representative Organisations, including the BCC and CBI, on the support available to help companies prepare for the UK leaving the EU. Other Government Departments are also supporting this cross-Government effort to help SMEs as they prepare for leaving the EU. This includes a BEIS business readiness bulletin for trade associations, business representative bodies and business intermediaries and HMRC webinars for SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 234190 question first answered 28/03/2019 14:05:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091405

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support his Department is putting in place for small and medium export businesses to prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	234190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Our priority is securing a deal with the European Union as this will avoid disruption to our global trading relationships. Until that deal is in place, we must prepare for all eventualities. The Government has set out what issues business, including exporting businesses, need to consider in a no-deal scenario and the Public Information Campaign directs business to that information on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade’s frontline International Trade Advisers are regularly updated with the latest GOV.UK updates and information to help SMEs across England prepare for leaving the EU. International Trade Advisers are using this information to ensure SMEs are promptly referred to the latest available EU Exit business readiness information, including the HMRC Partnership Pack. My Department is also working closely with our counterparts in the Devolved Administrations to ensure that similar guidance is available to SMEs in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>In addition my Department continues to work closely with BEIS and HMRC to ensure that the published Public Information Campaign guidance is widely circulated. My Department has briefed Business Representative Organisations, including the BCC and CBI, on the support available to help companies prepare for the UK leaving the EU. Other Government Departments are also supporting this cross-Government effort to help SMEs as they prepare for leaving the EU. This includes a BEIS business readiness bulletin for trade associations, business representative bodies and business intermediaries and HMRC webinars for SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 234188 question first answered 28/03/2019 14:05:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1088818

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will outline the support services available for export businesses seeking to expand in global markets.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	232568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 15 January 2019 to Question 205926.</p><p> </p><p>UK exports have continued to increase, with the latest figures showing that nominal exports rose 2.7% (£17.0bn) to £636.6bn in the 12 months ending January 2019. [ONS UK Trade: January 2019]</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/03/2019 12:52:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1059723

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps he has taken to increase bilateral trade with Canada.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	220215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Canada-UK bilateral trading relationship is an important one and vital to our economy. Total trade between the UK and Canada in 2018 totalled £18.4bn and both sides have committed to deepening our commercial relationship further.</p><p>My Ministerial colleagues and I have regular contact with the Canadian Administration, business representatives and others, including through our diplomatic missions in Canada, to support and increase investment and trade flows.</p><p>Both the Prime Minister and PM Trudeau have publicly committed to a ‘seamless transition’ of the Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (CETA) as the UK leaves the EU and to avoid a cliff edge for Canadian and UK businesses.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/02/2019 17:53:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1037952

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Asia
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 support UK companies to export to Asia.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Government, through our overseas network, HM Trade Commissioners, and through Ministerial and Trade Envoy visits, works actively to support trade and reduce barriers for UK companies looking to export to Asia by engaging with the region’s governments and business sectors. Recently we’ve secured market access for UK dairy products to China, worth £240m over five years, and beef and lamb to Japan, worth £127m over five years. We are also lobbying multilaterally, establishing a UK Mission to ASEAN in 2019, and are considering the possibility of the CPTPP as a priority FTA once we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/01/2019 17:19:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1037117

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans his Department has to support UK businesses to increase exports after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	205926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK produces billions of pounds worth of high-quality goods and services each year, and there is a clear demand from around the world for these products with UK exports rising 2.0% (12bn) to <strong>£626.4bn</strong>, in the 12 months ending October 2018. [<em>ONS UK Trade: October 2018</em>]. The Export Strategy, launched in August 2018, sets out how the Government will encourage, inform, connect and finance UK businesses to enable them to take advantage of this international demand.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade’s offer to UK businesses includes impartial export advice from International Trade Advisors and our overseas network in markets across the world. British businesses are also promoted via the government’s network of Trade Envoys and given assistance in the Midlands and Northern Powerhouse through our Export Champions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also runs a major UK facing marketing campaign called “Exporting is Great” which inspires and encourages business to start exporting and seek new markets. The campaign is UK wide and includes a mobile outreach export hub.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DIT is building on the Export Strategy with a whole of Government Approach and has recently enhanced digital service on great.gov.uk which allows business to connect to over 20,000 export opportunities and ensures finance is at the heart of its offer: in 2017/18 UKEF provided £2.5bn in support, helping 191 UK companies sell to 75 markets around the world. 77% of these companies were SMEs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The full Export Strategy can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/export-strategy-supporting-and-connecting-businesses-to-grow-on-the-world-stage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/export-strategy-supporting-and-connecting-businesses-to-grow-on-the-world-stage</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/01/2019 11:24:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1023960

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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: Brazil
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 increase the level of bilateral trade with Brazil.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	201651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to our deep relationships with our global partners, including Brazil. In March 2018, my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade co-chaired the tenth UK-Brazil Joint Economic and Trade Committee with the Brazilian Minister for Industry, Foreign Trade and Services. The ministers reiterated their commitment to facilitating increased trade, creating opportunities and enhancing bilateral economic relations. In August 2018, the 3<sup>rd</sup> UK-Brazil Economic and Financial Dialogue achieved advances across several areas including procurement, tax, infrastructure and finance. More detail can be found in the Joint Statements from the Economic Finance Dialogue (<a href="https://bit.ly/2BsVW43" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2BsVW43</a>) and Joint Economic Trade Committee (https://bit.ly/2STWp6n).</p><p> </p><p>DIT continues to promote the closest trading links with Brazil. We support businesses to export to Brazil across a range of key sectors including financial services, energy, education, mining, life sciences, infrastructure and advanced engineering amongst others.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/12/2018 10:14:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1015010

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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: Iceland
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 seek to increase trade with Iceland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	195597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>As we leave the EU, the UK remains committed to our deep relationships with our EEA EFTA partners, Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein. We are seeking to put in place new arrangements to maintain our relationship with these states and continue to have an open dialogue with them about how this can best be achieved.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Secretary of State’s meeting with the Icelandic Foreign Minister in October, DIT continues to promote the closest trading links with Iceland recognising that total trade amounted to over £1.8bn in 2017, an increase of just over 18% on 2016.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 04/12/2018 17:36:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1001917

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Game: Exports
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 promote the export of British game meat.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade supports exports for the whole of the food and drink sector and in 2017 game meat exports were worth £7 million.</p><p> </p><p>Game meat exports receive the same level of support as the rest of the food and drink sector through initiatives such as the GREAT campaign and the recently launched Export Strategy. We also work with a variety of food and drink trade associations to ensure that the Government is providing the right kind of support. We will continue to use the UK’s reputation for high quality food and drink, with high standards of traceability and sustainability further increasing overseas demand for our products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/11/2018 14:59:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon