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973019

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date	13/09/2018
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	What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on trade with Israel of the UK leaving the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Banbury
tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
uin	906898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>As we leave the European Union, we are seeking continuity for our existing EU free trade agreements and other EU preferential arrangements. The UK-Israel Trade Working Group is making positive progress towards transitioning the EU – Israel Association Agreement, to maintain our strong trade and investment relationship with Israel.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/09/2018 12:23:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

973023

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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	Whether his Department takes into account information from the Joint Incident Assessment Team when determining an application for a licence to export to Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	906903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>We take a wide range of relevant information into account, including information from the Joint Incidents Assessment Team.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/09/2018 12:32:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

973237

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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 steps he is taking to strengthen the collaboration between UK and Israeli companies in the medical sector.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	174724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK and Israel have a strong and important trading relationship, and we are committed to strengthening it. The commercial team in our Embassy in Tel Aviv actively promote UK-Israel trade in the medical sector and are sponsoring a delegation of 6 Israeli importers of medical devices to meet with UK companies at the upcoming Medica Trade Exhibition this year.</p><p><br>There is also extensive bilateral collaborative medical research between the UK and Israel. The UK-Israel Tech Hub, based at the Embassy, helps to create tech and innovation partnerships across several sectors, including healthcare.</p><p><br>Next month, the Embassy is organising a visit by a delegation of senior NHS officials to Tel Aviv to meet with Israeli healthcare companies who are looking to invest in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/10/2018 16:12:09 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

973239

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussion he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the export of goods and services from Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	174725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is a department for the whole of the UK and raises a number of issues with all counterparts that cover all four nations.</p><p><br>I have visited China four times this year and I have had discussions with several Chinese Ministries about removing barriers, increasing market access and helping businesses increase exports from across the whole of the UK. In August this year we successfully concluded an agreement with General Administration of Customs to enable UK dairy companies to export products containing dairy ingredients sourced from outside the UK. This will offer increased export flexibility to companies in Northern Ireland who wish to source ingredients from the Republic of Ireland. The agreement is estimated to be worth £240 million over 5 years to the UK. DIT China works closely with Northern Ireland’s Executive Office in the British Embassy Beijing.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/10/2018 15:40:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

973307

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect on the level of trade with and procurement from Commonwealth nations of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	174713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Commonwealth is an important part of our trade policy, and the UK hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) earlier this year.</p><p>The Government is seeking continuity for our existing EU trade arrangements, including those with Commonwealth countries, as we leave the EU.</p><p>44 of our 52 Commonwealth partners currently benefit from development-friendly preferential access to the UK market. The Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act enables the UK to implement a scheme for developing countries which will, as a minimum, provide the same level of access as the current EU trade preference scheme, including maintaining duty-free, quota-free access for the world’s least developed countries. The UK is also seeking to remain in the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) on the same terms and with the same level of coverage as it offers now, which will provide continuity with respect to Commonwealth nations’ access to UK public procurements.</p><p>After leaving the EU, we will be able to forge our own way by negotiating, ratifying and signing trade deals. As part of preparations for that, the Government has launched public consultations on possible UK trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand and potential accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which includes 6 members of the Commonwealth.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/10/2018 15:31:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

973308

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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 Promotion: Liberia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to promote trade relations between the UK and Liberia.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	174714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>The British Embassy in Monrovia and the DIT pan-Africa Trade Services Unit provide UK businesses who are present in Liberia, or are interested in doing business there, with help and advice.</p><p>The British Embassy organised and sponsored UK-Liberia Investment events in November 2016 in Monrovia and in September 2017 in London, attended by UK and Liberian companies, Liberian Cabinet Ministers and the Liberian National Investment Commission.</p><p>Our Embassy has also supported capability-building at the Liberian National Investment Commission, increasing its capacity to enter into Public Private Partnerships.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/10/2018 15:37:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

973309

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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 Promotion: Liberia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade delegations there have been to Liberia in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	174715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>There have been two trade delegations to Liberia. In September 2016, a trade delegation of UK meat exporters visited Liberia. In November 2016, the British Embassy organised and sponsored a UK-Liberia Investment workshop in Monrovia, attended by over 40 UK and Liberian companies. The President of Liberia attended the event.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/10/2018 15:45:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

973311

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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 Promotion: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of international trade delegations to the UK have visited the North East in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	174716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has been engaged with nine delegations that have visited the North East since October 2017. This figure covers both trade and investment delegations.</p><p> </p><p>DIT in the North East region works closely with the DIT Northern Powerhouse Investment Hub to attract inward investment delegations to the region whilst also working closely with the North East England Chamber of Commerce to attract trade delegations.</p><p> </p><p>The number of UK wide inbound trade delegations is not held centrally by DIT.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/10/2018 16:57:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

972435

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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: China
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 on trade and investment with the Government of China.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	174161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>On 23-24 August 2018, my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade visited Beijing for the 13<sup>th</sup> UK-China Joint Economic and Trade Commission (JETCO), this was his 4<sup>th</sup> visit to China and he will visit again in November for the China International Import Expo (CIIE). During the JETCO, he had discussions with Co-Chair Commerce Minister Zhong Shan and Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua, China’s top leader covering trade.</p><p> </p><p>On this visit, he met with ministerial level contacts from China Atomic Energy Authority, the State Radio and Television Administration and General Administration of Customs, securing market access for UK products using dairy ingredients sourced from outside the UK, worth £240m over five years. Additionally, he signed a protocol allowing the export of seed potatoes to China (the world’s largest consumer of potatoes).</p><p> </p><p>Total trade in goods and services between the UK and China was £65.1bn in year to end 2018 Q2, a 1.2% increase from year to end 2017 Q2.</p><p> </p><p>In year to end 2018 Q2, UK exports to China amounted to £21.7bn (a 7.5% increase from year to end 2017 Q2) while UK imports from China were £43.4bn (a 1.7% decrease from year to end 2017 Q2).This means the UK reported a trade deficit with China of £21.7bn, compared to a trade deficit of £23.9bn in year to end 2017 Q2.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/10/2018 12:43:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

971706

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership: Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the amount of foreign direct investment into the Coast to Capital local enterprise partnership area since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	173493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Although we do not publish data specifically for this particular enterprise partnership, the South East region has seen a steady increase in the past few years. The region saw 217 FDI projects increase to 294 from 2016/17 to 2017/18 with 5,432 and 5,238 new jobs being created in each year. This demonstrates the attractiveness of the UK regions to foreign investment, and the benefits these investments bring to our economy. The UK remains the number one foreign direct investment destination in Europe.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/10/2018 16:58:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching