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1694229

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Chambers of Commerce: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding her Department and its predecessor Department allocated to the (a) Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce, (b) British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, (c) British Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, (d) UK-India Business Council, (e) Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce and (f) British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	17249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade and the former Department for International Trade have not provided any funding to the Chambers of Commerce requested except for the UK-India Business Council. The funding provided to it is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 (October-March inclusive)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£441,344.54</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,428,243.20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,269,682.03</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,955,098.94</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,499,191.33</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,311,455.20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,059,669.00</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£828,695.00</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,115,025.00</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£270,835.00</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/03/2024 11:58:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1688593

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Tractors: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she will make an assessment of the potential impact of tariffs on battery electric truck tractors on net zero targets.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	13677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK's trade policy is intended to support the achievement of government objectives and is kept under review. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles works across government to support the transition to zero emission vehicles. Zero Emission vehicles will help the UK decarbonise and Government remains committed to the Net Zero 2050 target.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/02/2024 14:23:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1682016

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	British Shipbuilders: Pension Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people who paid into the British Shipbuilders pension fund were not receiving pension payments on 15 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	9373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>British Shipbuilder pensions were transferred to Legal &amp; General on 1 December 1994. His Majesty’s Government does not hold any data on the number of former employees who are in receipt of pensions.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/01/2024 09:40:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1674021

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether negotiating objectives for a trade deal with Canada include the option of retaining an entry price system which could require certain types of fruit and vegetables to have a pre-determined import price or have a tariff applied.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	4321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The EU’s Entry Price System was removed by the UK with the introduction of the UK Global Tariff in 2021. Market access negotiations between Canada and the UK are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/12/2023 15:56:47 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1674024

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her negotiating objectives for a new trade deal with Canada include access to cheese tariff rate quotas similar for those in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	4322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Negotiations with Canada on market access are ongoing. Both countries share the view that free and fair trade is good for economies, good for business and good for consumers. The UK’s key aim is to secure comprehensive access for UK agricultural goods into the Canadian market through the reduction or elimination of tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/12/2023 15:59:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1674025

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether negotiations on a UK-Canada trade deal will include an extension to the rules of arguing provision and annual origin quotas for certain agricultural products.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	4323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Negotiations with Canada on this issue are ongoing. The UK is seeking to develop simple and modern rules of origin that reflect UK industry requirements and consider existing, as well as future, supply chains supported by predictable and low-cost administrative arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/12/2023 15:57:58 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1599419

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	British Shipbuilders: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many former employees of British Shipbuilders who worked at the Cammell Laird shipyard receive a pension from British Shipbuilders; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	153668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27th February 2023, UIN 146756.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 153669 153670 question first answered 06/03/2023 16:37:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1599420

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	British Shipbuilders: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) descendants and (b) other close family relatives of former employees of the Cammell Laird shipyard were receiving a pension from British Shipbuilders in the last year; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	153669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27th February 2023, UIN 146756.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 153668 153670 question first answered 06/03/2023 16:37:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1599421

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	British Shipbuilders: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many former employees of British Shipbuilders Ltd who contributed to the pension scheme are not receiving a pension; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	153670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27th February 2023, UIN 146756.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 153668 153669 question first answered 06/03/2023 16:37:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1587817

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	British Shipbuilders Corporation: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many pension claims from former employees the of British Shipbuilders Corporation there were in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	149395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27<sup>th</sup> February 2023, UIN 146756.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/03/2023 15:59:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas