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1454782

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits for Northern Ireland of the New Zealand trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	148195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s impact assessment of the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement was published on 28<sup>th</sup> February 2022 and includes impacts on the UK’s nations and regions, including Northern Ireland. The impact assessment can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-new-zealand-fta-impact-assessment&amp;data=04%7C01%7CMordaunt%40trade.gov.uk%7Cfaa0d90dbb284449e8f008da13c5258d%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637844034694051069%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=65EqML48nniMxCU1fY5V02T2IG7GYVghl7UCqNIWHOE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-new-zealand-fta-impact-assessment</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/04/2022 13:54:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1438333

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
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: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and (b) the Ulster Farmers Union on the provisions of the UK trade deal with New Zealand.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	135607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) engages closely with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure the agricultural sector is consulted extensively on our trade policy, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs working closely with the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. As members of DIT’s Trade Advisory Groups, senior representatives of the Ulster Farmers Union were regularly consulted throughout the negotiations with New Zealand and at key milestones: before agreement in principle was reached in August 2021; at the point of agreement in principle in October 2021; and at signature in February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/03/2022 10:50:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1437751

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions her Department has had with the (a) Farmers Union of Wales and (b) National Union of Farmers in Wales about the contents of the UK trade deal with New Zealand.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	134083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>As members of the Department for International Trade’s Trade Advisory Groups, senior representatives of the Farmers Union of Wales and the National Union of Farmers in Wales were regularly consulted throughout the negotiations with New Zealand and at key milestones: before agreement in principle was reached in August 2021; at the point of agreement in principle in October 2021; and at signature in February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/03/2022 13:51:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1437561

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
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: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on which day and at what time her Department shared (a) the whole UK-New Zealand free trade agreement, (b) elements of the UK-New Zealand free trade agreement and (c) a press release announcing that that agreement was to be signed with (i) media representatives, (ii) the Trade and Agriculture Commission and (iii) any of the Trade Advisory Groups or members.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	133150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>Chapter text for the UK-New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA) was shared in instalments with Trade Advisory Groups (TAGs) and the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) from 24 January 2022. Press releases were sent under embargo to media representatives and TAGs – but not to the TAC – at 09:46 and 10:47 respectively on 28 February. No elements of the FTA text were shared with media representatives before publication. Letters were sent to all Members of Parliament and Peers to inform them of the FTA on the day of signature.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/03/2022 16:31:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 56228 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1367292

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she plans to complete the trade deal with New Zealand.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	72434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government reached agreement in principle on a free trade agreement with New Zealand on 20 October 2021. We are currently working towards signature and finalising the text of the treaty with New Zealand; as well as performing a legal scrub of the text, in accordance with what was agreed at agreement in principle.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/11/2021 15:24:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1366869

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what changes she plans to make to the methodology set out in the UK-New Zealand FTA strategic approach, published on 17 July 2020, for calculating the (a) total, (b) regional and (c) sectoral impact of the UK-New Zealand trade agreement; and for what reasons those changes will be made.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	71295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to a transparent approach to its new free trade agreements and will publish an independently scrutinised impact assessment when treaty text is laid in parliament.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the process towards producing all of its analysis, the Department for International Trade constantly reviews and improves its methodologies to ensure they are as robust and accurate as possible and reflects best global practice. The methodology underlying our analysis and the rationale for methodological changes will be described in full in our published impact assessments.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 71294 question first answered 18/11/2021 15:17:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1362525

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
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: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she discussed the contents of the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement with the Welsh Government before it was signed.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	61208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>We have not yet signed a Free Trade Agreement with New Zealand but we did reach Agreement in Principle (AIP) on Wednesday 27th October. My officials have been holding discussions with the Devolved Administrations through the entire negotiation and were in constant contact in the run up to AIP. My predecessor, Minister Hands, spoke to the Welsh Government on a number of occasions to update them on progress in negotiations with New Zealand, most recently at the Ministerial Forum for Trade on the 14<sup>th</sup> July. We offered meetings to all DAs in advance of the AIP for NZ being announced. The Welsh government accepted a meeting but the Minister was then not able to attend. We offered a further meeting which was accepted.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/11/2021 15:12:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1359387

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department plans to conduct and publish an independently verified impact assessment of any prospective trade deal with New Zealand, including its impact on the UK achieving its (a) climate and (b) environmental goals.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	56336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of negotiations with Australia and those with New Zealand, full impact assessments will be published prior to scrutiny by Parliament. These independently scrutinised impact assessments will cover the economic and environmental impacts of the deals.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 56334 question first answered 25/10/2021 09:47:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas