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1150246

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the extent of international trading opportunities for (a) Yorkshire and (b) other counties in rural regions.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	900012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 the value of exports from Yorkshire &amp; the Humber was 25% higher than 2010. Rural based companies are also exporting more than before and as we leave the EU we will strike new trade deals and open new markets for UK products and services.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2019 15:07:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1150392

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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 proportion of investments made by the UK Export Finance are provided to small and medium-sized enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	1763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>13% of the value of the support provided by UK Export Finance for UK exports in the 2018/19 financial year was provided to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and 79% of the businesses UKEF supported in this financial year were SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/10/2019 16:37:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1150393

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what environmental assessment UK Export Finance makes before agreements are made.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	1764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) is committed to high standards of environmental, social and human rights (ESHR) risk management. It rigorously follows the requirements of the OECD Common Approaches and Equator Principles, which set the framework for export credit agencies and international financial institutions in managing such risks. It has a specialist ESHR team that reviews relevant projects prior to UKEF taking a decision. Supported projects are then monitored by the ESHR team throughout the lifetime of UKEF’s support to ensure compliance with these requirements.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 1766 question first answered 22/10/2019 16:33:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1150397

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps to end UK Export Finance's funding of fossil fuel industries.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	1765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Investment in fossil fuels will continue to be required as we tackle climate change and transition away from high greenhouse gas emitting energy sources. UK Export Finance ensures that no viable UK export fails for lack of finance.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/10/2019 16:43:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1150400

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Export Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment UK Export Finance makes of in-country employment practices of the companies that accept loans from that organisation.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	1766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) is committed to high standards of environmental, social and human rights (ESHR) risk management. It rigorously follows the requirements of the OECD Common Approaches and Equator Principles, which set the framework for export credit agencies and international financial institutions in managing such risks. It has a specialist ESHR team that reviews relevant projects prior to UKEF taking a decision. Supported projects are then monitored by the ESHR team throughout the lifetime of UKEF’s support to ensure compliance with these requirements.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 1764 question first answered 22/10/2019 16:33:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1149208

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has made of compliance with arms export licence criteria of weapons sold to Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>All export licence applications, including for Turkey, are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking into account all relevant factors at the time of the application, including how the goods will be used.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor the situation in Syria very closely and is considering the licensing position in the light of recent developments. No further export licences to Turkey for items which might be used in military operations in Syria will be granted while we do so.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/10/2019 11:00:30 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1149472

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many extant arms export licences for Paveway bombs there are for (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) that country's coalition allies; and what the (i) type (ii) date of expiry and (iii) date of issue is for each such licence.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>There are no extant licences for Paveway bombs for Saudi Arabia or its coalition partners.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/10/2019 11:06:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1148817

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the response of 24 May 2018 to freedom of information request number FOI2018/00517, whether the arms export licence referred to in that response remains extant; and whether her Department continues to issue arms export licences for the sale of Paveway bombs to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) its coalition allies.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The licences referred to in FOI2018/00517 have all expired.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Court of Appeal’s judgment of 20 June 2019, new licences for exports to Saudi Arabia and other coalition partners for items which might be used in the conflict in Yemen, including Paveway bombs have been halted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2019 14:51:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1148818

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications for licences for the export of arms to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) its coalition partners have been received by her Department since 20 June 2019; what the dates of those licence applications were; and which type of (i) arms and (ii) export licence those applications were for.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>We have received a) 86 applications for military rated items for export to Saudi Arabia and; b) 178 applications for military rated items for export to coalition partners.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot disclose any further information, as the applications are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2019 15:04:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1148399

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment has she made of the level of potential opportunities for (a) export and (b) trade with Israel.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	294687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Israel remains a strategic priority for UK trade with total trade in goods and services between the UK and Israel totalling £4.2bn in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Total UK exports to Israel amounted to £2.4bn in 2019 and our Embassy team in Tel Aviv, supported by the Department for International Trade (DIT) team in London and across the UK, continues to support and engage with business on a daily basis both to assess and realise potential opportunities for UK business in line with the Export Strategy, the government’s plan to increase UK total exports as a proportion of GDP to 35% and make Britain a 21st century exporting superpower. The strategy, which focuses on all global markets, including Israel, will encourage and inspire more businesses to export; inform businesses by providing practical assistance on exporting; connect UK businesses to overseas buyers and opportunities; and help provide finance through UK Export Finance to enhance the HMG offer to UK exporters. Through this strategy we will also continue to promote the UK as a bilateral trading partner, reassuring Israeli businesses that the UK remains open for business and remains an advocate for free trade and open markets.</p><p> </p><p>On trade more broadly, the Trade Continuity Agreement signed between the UK and Israel last February reflects the importance both countries attribute to the respective trading relationship and the potential opportunities that exist. I am delighted that the Hon. Member will be supporting the important and exciting work that builds on the agreement as our recently appointed Trade Envoy for Israel.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/10/2019 16:00:35 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley