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427503

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Airbus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following the French Foreign Minister's visit to Iran, they plan to use the UK's political and official diplomacy to promote Airbus products and make clear that they are not solely French products, but contain significant components from the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL3525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>We will continue to promote the UK interests in Airbus in support of their global sales campaigns. We work closely with the Company and the governments of France, Germany and Spain on these campaigns given the shared economic benefits that arise from sales of Airbus aircraft. Because of the significant level of UK products on Airbus aircraft, the company is frequently represented on UK trade missions; it also enjoys the financial support of UK Export Finance and the commercial support of UK Trade &amp; Investment’s overseas network.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/11/2015 17:51:56 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

427510

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Cole Commission on Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the recommendations of the Cole Commission on UK exports they have implemented.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>As ministers take forward plans to reform and improve the UK’s export and investment effort, they will take into consideration recommendations in the Cole report, as well as advice and suggestions from a broad range of stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/11/2015 17:52:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

426964

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the deficit in trade with the EU in 2014 in (1) goods, and (2) overall in goods and services; and how that deficit is financed.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s trade in goods deficit with the EU was £78.9bn in 2014. The overall trade in goods and services deficit with the EU was £61.7bn.</p><p>The UK’s total trade deficit is financed by a net inflow of investment in the financial account, for which data is not available on a geographical basis. The UK’s financial account surplus was £89.4bn in 2014.</p><p>Source: ONS Pink Book 2015</p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/11/2015 17:52:40 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

426965

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of (1) the recent report by former UK ambassadors to the EU that, if the UK left the EU, access to free-trade deals would be lost with 51 states; (2) whether those states would, as a consequence, lose free access to the UK market; and (3) the overall effect on the UK's trading balance of those assessments.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 23/11/2015 17:40:11 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

426443

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support growth in UK exports in the light of recent reports from the British Chambers of Commerce that growth in orders for export has slowed.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>Last week, we launched the new Exporting is GREAT marketing campaign which aims to inspire and support 100,000 additional exporters by 2020. This will run for five years as part of the world-renowned GREAT campaign and presents real-time export opportunities across various media and digital channels to UK businesses. We will ensure that in future the whole of Government isengagedin providing support forexports.</p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 19/11/2015 14:35:53 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

424817

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy regarding the licensing of arms, including British-made military aeroplanes, to the Saudi Arabian-led coalition which is conducting airstrikes in Yemen.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL3160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>All licence applications are rigorously assessed on a case by case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Export Licensing Criteria. A licence would not be granted if to do so would be a breach of the Criteria.</p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 11/11/2015 13:01:16 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

424730

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the United Kingdom's three largest (1) exports to, and (2) imports from, the European Union.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL3100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>The three largest UK exports to, and imports from, the European Union in 2014 are set out in the table below. These data are on a balance of payments basis.</p><p>Three largest UK exports to the European Union in 2014 Value (£ billion)<br>Finished manufactures (SITC 7+8) 63<br>Semi-manufactures (SITC 5+6) 43<br>Fuels (SITC 3) 27<br> <br>Three largest UK imports from the European Union in 2014 Value (£ billion)<br>Finished manufactures (SITC 7+8) 114<br>Semi-manufactures (SITC 5+6) 66<br>Food, beverages and tobacco (SITC 0+1) 27<br>Source: ONS UK Trade August 2015 release <br>Note: the assessment of the top three was made across goods and services, <br>but services categories do not rank in the top three</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 12/11/2015 16:42:36 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

422090

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the United Kingdom does not have a free trade agreement with China, and what assessment they have made of whether such an agreement would help to boost trade between the United Kingdom and China.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The recent EU Trade Strategy emphasised the EU’s engagement in deepening and rebalancing our relationship with China in a mutually beneficial way. The ongoing negotiation of a bilateral investment agreement is the top priority towards this objective and will bring substantial benefits for both the UK and the EU. The UK Government fully supports the ambition of further deepening the EU-China relationship through an FTA. Whilst no formal assessment has yet been made to ascertain the impact of an FTA with China we anticipate the benefits will be significant.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 28/10/2015 17:24:32 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

422136

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the International Business Advisory Council's statement that implementing the World Trade Organisation’s trade facilitation agreement should be a priority for governments.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government strongly supports the World |trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Trade Facilitation and encourages other WTO Members to ratify so that the agreement can enter into force as soon as possible.</p><p>Implementation of the Agreement will reduce the costs of cross-border trade, benefitting consumers and business alike. Once implemented, studies suggest the Agreement will add over £70 billion to the global economy. Of this, we expect a benefit to the UK of up to £1bn.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 28/10/2015 12:24:20 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

420565

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Languages: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which stated that the United Kingdom forfeits £48 billion in lost exports because of its lack of language skills, what steps are they taking to promote the importance of language skills.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The report, building on work commissioned by UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) from Professor James Foreman-Peck at Cardiff University, reviewed the evidence and quantified the impact of language skill deficiencies on UKtrade performance.Professor Foreman-Peck’s analysis showed that UK firms may be missing out on international opportunities because of inadequate information which in turn stemmed from poor language skills and insufficient knowledge of the cultures of other countries. Professor Foreman-Peck estimated that these missed opportunities were equivalent to around 3.5% of national income (£48bn). This estimate does not refer to just exports as it is based on total trade opportunities which include imports.</p><br /><p>HMG has long recognised that there are barriers to trade and that Government has a role to play in helping firms overcome barriers to trade such as language skills and cultural awareness. UKTI provides a range of services to help companies address barriers to trade including language and culture issues in order to break into new or additional markets, or to increase their overseas presence. UKTI has a network of domestic and overseas trade advisors who help firms navigate barriers and trade internationally. The services offered by UKTI include bespoke help and advice plus a number of services. Amongst these services there are two specifically aimed at helping firms tackle language barriers. The Export Communications Review is a bespoke service to help companies address language barriers in all forms of communication including spoken, written, visual and digital; and “Web Optimisation for International Trade” are workshops that help firms make their websites fit for international business. In 2015/16 over 50,000 firms are expected to benefit from UKTI support; of which over 700 firms are expected to take advantage of the Export Communications Review Service and UKTI will run over 70 Web Optimisation Workshops.</p><br /><p>UKTI has also published a guide for exporters on overcoming language and cultural barriers. Over seven thousand have been distributed to date. The language guide also signposts exporters to the various professional bodies that represent the language industries including translators, interpreters and linguists.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 27/10/2015 13:41:35 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick