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1676847

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	Foreign Investment in UK and Overseas Trade: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which firms (a) based in China and (b) based outside China and with Chinese owners have been subject to restrictions on trade and investment under the (i) Import of Goods (Control) Order 1954, (ii) Export Control Act 2002, (iii) Export Control Order 2008, (iv) Procurement Act 2023, (v) Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 and (vi) National Security and Investment Act 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	6087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>i. The Import of Goods (Control) Order 1954, together with licences made under it, do not make Chinese-origin firms the subject of any restrictions on trade and investment.</p><p>ii. Export controls apply to anyone exporting controlled items from the UK, regardless of country of origin. The Government assesses all export licence applications against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. We will not licence the export of equipment where to do so would be inconsistent with these Criteria.</p><p>iii. None. The Procurement Act is not due for commencement until Autumn 2024.</p><p>iv. Huawei</p><p>v. Eight final orders (which imposed conditions on, or blocked or unwound deals) issued involved acquirers linked to China. All notices of final orders are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/12/2023 09:17:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1676935

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the G7 Japan 2023 Foreign Ministers’ Communiqué, published on 18 April 2023, whether the Government plans to take steps to align the UK's investment screening regime with that of the US as set out in the Presidential Executive Order of 15 September 2022 on Ensuring Robust Consideration of Evolving National Security Risks by the Committee on Foreign Investment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	6096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK’s National Security and Investment (NSI) regime stays up to date with the evolving global security context. We have recently launched a Call for Evidence, seeking views on how the NSI system can be even more business friendly while maintaining and refining essential national security protections.</p><p>The UK works closely with a range of international partners in this area, including members of the G7. However, decisions made under the NSI Act are based on UK national security considerations, and the scope of the Act itself is carefully tailored to the needs of the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/12/2023 12:37:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1676306

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Foreign Companies: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what restrictions the Government has imposed on (a) Huawei, (b) ZTE, (c) Hikvision, (d) Hytera, (e) Alibaba, (f) Tencent, (g) Dahua, (h) China Telecom, (i) China Mobile, (j) DJI, (k) ByteDance, (l) Kingsoft, (m) senseTime, (n) Megvil, (o) SMIC, (p) China Unicom and (q) Fujian Jinhua.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	5766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/12/2023 11:36:15 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1676391

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of extending exports to Canada under the Trade Continuity Agreement Cheese Letters beyond 31 December 2023,.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	5894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>Negotiations with Canada on this issue are ongoing. Maintaining current market access for our dairy sector is a top priority. The UK has longstanding rights to access the Canadian market through our membership at the WTO. We continue to make this clear to the Canadian government at all levels.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/12/2023 17:38:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1675838

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Export Controls: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2023 to Question 2516 on Foreign Investment in UK and Overseas Trade: China, how many export control licences for (a) products and (b) services destined for China were refused in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	5474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>HM Government does not publish data based on products or services, but individual refusals and the items that may have been refused under each one can be reviewed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a> via the Annual Reports, or via the Strategic Export Controls: Reports and Statistics website at <a href="https://www.exportcontroldb.trade.gov.uk/sdb2/fox/sdb/" target="_blank">https://www.exportcontroldb.trade.gov.uk/sdb2/fox/sdb/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The following number of export licences with China listed as the end user destination were refused in each of the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Description of refused goods</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goods rated for Military use only</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goods rated for non-Military use only</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>251</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/12/2023 17:23:13 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1675960

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average length of time for decisions on export licencing has been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	5627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>HM Government is committed to maintaining a robust and transparent export control regime. The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) is extremely mindful of the commercial pressures that businesses face – and of the need to process licence applications with minimum delay.</p><p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics on GOV.UK. This covers licensing decisions back from 2008 onwards and includes data on the average length of time for decisions to be made. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-quarterly-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-quarterly-reports</a>.</p><p>We keep the licensing process under continuous review, including the targets we set for processing times for applications.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 5629 5630 question first answered 15/12/2023 11:43:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1675961

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of export licencing decisions were processed within (a) 20 days and (b) 60 days in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	5628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the strategic export controls licensing Official Statistics on GOV.UK, including data on median processing times and the number/percentage of applications processed against our 20 and 60 working day targets.</p><p>This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-quarterly-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-quarterly-reports</a>. Table B of each publication provides a break down of median processing times and performance against our 20 and 60 working day targets.</p><p>The most recent publication was on 30<sup>th</sup> August 2023, and covered the period 1<sup>st</sup> January – 31<sup>st</sup> March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/12/2023 11:39:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1675962

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the average length of time for decisions to be made on export licencing on the competitiveness of British exporters.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	5629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>HM Government is committed to maintaining a robust and transparent export control regime. The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) is extremely mindful of the commercial pressures that businesses face – and of the need to process licence applications with minimum delay.</p><p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics on GOV.UK. This covers licensing decisions back from 2008 onwards and includes data on the average length of time for decisions to be made. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-quarterly-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-quarterly-reports</a>.</p><p>We keep the licensing process under continuous review, including the targets we set for processing times for applications.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 5627 5630 question first answered 15/12/2023 11:43:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1675963

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to take steps to reduce the average length of time for decisions to be made on export licences.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	5630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>HM Government is committed to maintaining a robust and transparent export control regime. The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) is extremely mindful of the commercial pressures that businesses face – and of the need to process licence applications with minimum delay.</p><p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics on GOV.UK. This covers licensing decisions back from 2008 onwards and includes data on the average length of time for decisions to be made. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-quarterly-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-quarterly-reports</a>.</p><p>We keep the licensing process under continuous review, including the targets we set for processing times for applications.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 5627 5629 question first answered 15/12/2023 11:43:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1675964

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Department for Business and Trade: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials in her Department work on processing export licence applications as of 6 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	5631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>As at 6 December 2023, the processing of export licence applications was completed by 54 officials within the Department for Business and Trade. This comprised 28 in the Licensing Unit, 19 in the Technical Assessment Unit and 7 in the Enforcement Team.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/12/2023 10:02:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan