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749709

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
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: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he last discussed with members of the US Cabinet trade in agricultural goods between the US and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	3646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade visited Washington on 19-20 June and met with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Their discussions covered a range of key UK interests including steel.</p><p>During the visit they agreed to convene a first meeting of the UK-US Trade Working Group in late July. Early discussions in the Working Group will focus on providing commercial continuity for US and UK businesses as the UK leaves the EU and on exploring possible ways to strengthen trade and commercial ties immediately, consistent with the EU’s common commercial policy. The Working Group will also work to lay the groundwork for a future UK-US free trade agreement once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 3550 3551 3552 question first answered 13/07/2017 14:41:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

749712

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
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 discussions he has had with each of the devolved administrations on the functions of a new Board of Trade.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	3612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Board of Trade will serve the whole of the United Kingdom; and will include representatives from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This will ensure that the benefits of trade are spread across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 3613 3615 question first answered 12/07/2017 16:11:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

749713

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
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 representations on a new Board of Trade he plans for each nation and region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	3613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Board of Trade will serve the whole of the United Kingdom; and will include representatives from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This will ensure that the benefits of trade are spread across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 3612 3615 question first answered 12/07/2017 16:11:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

749715

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
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: Wales
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 Welsh Government on the representation of Wales on the Board of Trade.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	3615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Board of Trade will serve the whole of the United Kingdom; and will include representatives from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This will ensure that the benefits of trade are spread across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 3612 3613 question first answered 12/07/2017 16:11:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

749560

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has plans to publish a White Paper on International Trade.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has set out in the Queen's Speech its intentions to introduce the necessary trade legislation to develop an independent international trade policy upon exiting the European Union. Before such legislation is introduced, a supporting paper will be published.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/07/2017 15:57:54 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

749561

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff of his Department work on trade negotiation.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has a strong and capable trade policy team which has grown significantly since June 2016 (from 45 to over 300 today), and is continuing to grow.</p><p>We continue to hire the brightest and best talent from within the UK civil service and externally, in order to build a world class trade policy team that can deliver the best outcomes for the UK.</p><p>The Department has recently appointed Crawford Falconer to the role of Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser and Head of Trade Profession. Mr Falconer brings a wealth of global trade expertise from over 25 years of working on trade policy in the New Zealand government, the World Trade Organization and academia.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/07/2017 13:57:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

749563

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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: Commonwealth
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 Commonwealth trade ministers on (a) imports from Commonwealth countries to the UK and (b) exports from the UK to Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Strangford to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend for Crawley on 6 July 2017, UIN: 2081.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/07/2017 13:45:49 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

749564

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Northern Ireland
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 encourage inward investment in cyber security in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>This department works closely with Invest Northern Ireland, promoting and showcasing Northern Ireland’s (NI) world-class cyber security capability, through our overseas network, inward missions and at major industry events such as Infosec and Mobile World Congress. More recently, this Department supported Invest Northern Ireland to secure investments from US cyber security companies: Black Duck Software and Rapid7, creating over 100 jobs in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is the number one international investment location for US cyber security firms. A US inward mission to showcase Northern Ireland’s technology and cyber security is scheduled for 2018.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/07/2017 10:27:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

749566

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff have left or agreed settlements to leave his Department under (a) voluntary exit, (b) voluntary redundancy and (c) compulsory redundancy since 1 November 2016; and how much compensation was paid in those cases.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	3366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>There have been no staff who left or had agreed settlements to leave the Department for International Trade under (a) voluntary exit, (b) voluntary redundancy or (c) compulsory redundancy since 1 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/07/2017 13:53:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

749567

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US Administration on trade in meat products between the US and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	3550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade visited Washington on 19-20 June and met with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Their discussions covered a range of key UK interests including steel.</p><p>During the visit they agreed to convene a first meeting of the UK-US Trade Working Group in late July. Early discussions in the Working Group will focus on providing commercial continuity for US and UK businesses as the UK leaves the EU and on exploring possible ways to strengthen trade and commercial ties immediately, consistent with the EU’s common commercial policy. The Working Group will also work to lay the groundwork for a future UK-US free trade agreement once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 3551 3552 3646 question first answered 13/07/2017 14:41:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell