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1491687

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that the interests of Palestinians are reflected in the negotiations for the free trade agreement with Israel.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	41956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Palestinian goods imported from the Occupied Palestinian Territories benefit from the trade preferences outlined in the bilateral agreement negotiated between the United Kingdom and the Palestinian Authority, which came into force on 1<sup>st</sup> January 2021. While the focus of these negotiations is trade with the State of Israel, we value our bilateral trade relationship with the Palestinian Authority too, and will continue to build upon our commercial links through our bilateral agreement.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 06/09/2022 10:35:18 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1489274

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
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: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that the rights of workers in Newport West constituency are maintained in all UK trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	36880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>HM Government shares the public’s high regard for workers' rights, and we have been clear that there will be no reduction in protections from existing trade deals or when signing up to new ones. Our agreements secured with both Australia and New Zealand demonstrate this. British workers across the country will benefit, including those of Newport West.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 20/07/2022 11:21:54 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1489380

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Control Joint Unit: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many civil servants worked in the Export Control Joint Unit in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019, (d) 2020, (e) 2021 and (f) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	36789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The total numbers of civil servants working in the Export Control Joint Unit within my department for each year since 2017 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Year Number</p><p>2017 93</p><p>2018 80</p><p>2019 80</p><p>2020 84</p><p>2021 93</p><p>2022 91</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) supply staff for ECJU also. The Hon. Lady will need to seek information from those departments directly.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 20/07/2022 16:23:21 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1489007

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure that British businesses are able to trade overseas in the context of the UK no longer being part of EU trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	35925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>To date, we have agreed trade deals with 71 countries plus the EU, covering trade worth £808 billion of our bilateral trade in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We are just getting started. Negotiations to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership are continuing. In addition, we have launched negotiations with India, Canada, Mexico, and the Gulf Cooperation Council, plus we are preparing to begin negotiations on new trade deals with Israel and Switzerland.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 21/07/2022 10:01:08 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1486121

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Import Controls: Xinjiang
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the extent of prohibitions or controls preventing or regulating goods, wares, articles, and merchandise imports with content manufactured in Xinjiang to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	29902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to the Hon. Lady for York Central on 28 January 2022, UIN:<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-20/108570" target="_blank">108570</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 11/07/2022 15:58:01 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1484894

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of when text based negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the UK and India will take place; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	27504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2022 answer text <p>We are in detailed discussions on text across all chapters and continue to make good progress. The fourth round of trade negotiations with India began on 13<sup>th</sup> June and concluded on 24<sup>th</sup> June. The fifth round is due to take place later this month. Statements are published after each round of talks on <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-06-28/hcws149" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 08/07/2022 13:55:56 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1470326

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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: Gulf States
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2022 to Question 5415 on Trade Agreements: Gulf States, whether any of the polling questions asked by Ipsos Mori concerned UK attitudes on human rights in the Gulf region.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	17960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave her on 14<sup>th</sup> June (UIN 15271).</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 20/06/2022 16:30:56 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1469144

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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: Gulf States
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 24 May 2022 to Question 5415, did any of the questions in the polling research carried out by IPSOS Mori on member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council relate to attitudes of individuals in the UK in regards to human rights in the Gulf.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	15271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department carries out such research for internal use to aid ongoing negotiations, and details are not released due to negotiation sensitivities.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 14/06/2022 16:35:00 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1468439

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she has taken to protect domestic food standards when negotiating free trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	14453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>We have not and will not compromise on our high food safety through our trade negotiations. These decisions are made independently of free trade agreements (FTAs).</p><p> </p><p>The independent Trade and Agriculture Commission considers whether our FTAs affect the United Kingdom’s statutory protections in relation to animal or plant life or health, animal welfare, and the environment - and recently concluded that the United Kingdom-Australia FTA does not.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 16/06/2022 16:27:14 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1467704

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
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 Barriers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to reduce barriers to global trade for British businesses.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	13279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>In the financial year 2020-21, we resolved over 200 trade barriers across 74 countries. Removing these barriers supports British businesses to trade globally, such as opening access to Indonesia’s cosmetics market that imports £374 million a year, and access to the US for British lamb that is estimated to be worth £37 million in first five years of trade.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 14/06/2022 13:51:39 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers