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date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Credit Guarantees: Iraq
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 potential benefits to British businesses of the £1 billion increase in support on offer from UK Export Finance for British firms exporting to Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	247648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Over the last three years, UK Export Finance (UKEF) has provided more than £1 billion in support for UK companies delivering critical infrastructure projects in Iraq, including power stations, and water and waste water treatment projects. There is significant interest in UKEF support for UK companies’ contracts in Iraq and the additional £1 billion in capacity will enable UK companies to participate in further priority projects that can promote nation-building efforts in Iraq. UKEF is working with the Government of Iraq to identify projects that can use its support with initial priorities including power, water and sanitation, and other infrastructure-related sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 30/04/2019 12:01:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

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registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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: Tunisia
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 the UK's proportion of trade with Tunisia.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	247788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) works closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development to advance our trade relationship with Tunisia; Ministers and senior officials incorporate discussions on trade issues in their engagements with counterparts in Tunisia. My Hon. Friend for South West Wiltshire (Dr Andrew Murrison), appointed as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Tunisia in 2016, has helped develop a strong bilateral trading relationship.</p><p>As we prepare to leave the EU, to provide stability for businesses, consumers and investors, DIT has been working closely with the FCO and its Tunisian counterparts to achieve continuity of trading arrangements by replicating the effects of the existing EU-Tunisia Association Agreement in a bilateral agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 30/04/2019 13:59:23 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

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registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Credit Guarantees: Iran
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether there are any outstanding export credit guarantees relating to Iran.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	245910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>In relation to export credit guarantee instalments that have fallen due in the past ten years, Iran has repaid principal and contractual interest in full. In alignment with other export credit agencies, UK Export Finance (UKEF) has written off default interest. UKEF does not have any outstanding export credit guarantees relating to Iran at present.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 245909 question first answered 30/04/2019 11:54:02 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq