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1490186

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Minister of State for Trade Policy was officially representing her Department when she attended the Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue convened by the Hoover Institution and Annenberg Foundation Trust in California between 5 and 7 December 2021; and whether she was supported at that event by (a) officials and (b) briefing from her Department.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	38560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The Minister for Trade Policy attended the Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue as a UK Government representative at the request of the British Embassy Washington. The event was added to the Minister’s existing programme on her visit to a number of US States to advance UK-US interests. She was supported during the visit by UK Government officials.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2022 13:25:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 15104 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1489206

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	Indo-Pacific Region
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Minister of State for Trade Policy was officially representing the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office when she attended the Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue convened by the Hoover Institution and Annenberg Foundation Trust in California from 5 to 7 December 2021; and whether she was supported at that event by (a) officials and (b) briefing from that Department.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	36722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Minister for Trade Policy attended the Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue as a UK Government representative at the request of the British Embassy Washington. The event was added to the Minister’s existing programme on her visit to a number of US States to advance UK-US interests. She was supported during the visit by UK Government officials.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 15:44:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 14152 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1489257

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: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will ratify the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement before the 21 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	36786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government will not be ratifying the UK-Australia free trade agreement before 21 July 2022. The agreement is scheduled to complete its formal pre-ratification scrutiny period under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The agreement cannot be ratified until the necessary domestic legislation is in place. The agreement therefore will not be ratified until the Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill has received Royal Assent and all secondary legislation is in place.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 15:53:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 14522 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1489259

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: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill on her timetable for ratifying the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	36787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement will be ratified once it has completed formal scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and all necessarily domestic legislative changes have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill will allow for changes to domestic primary legislation to implement the Procurement chapters of the Australia and New Zealand agreements. The Bill was introduced in May and is awaiting a date for Second Reading. The agreement cannot be ratified until the Bill has received Royal Assent and all required secondary legislation has been passed.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 15:58:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 14497 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1488242

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department has spent on (a) flights, (b) accommodation and (c) food and drink for officials travelling to Indiana in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	34952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has spent a total of £9,900 on both flights and hotel accommodations from August 2021 to July 2022 for officials visiting the US state of Indiana.</p><p> </p><p>The figure above relates to all bookings made through DIT’s Travel Management Company. DIT Ministerial travel is published on <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CNatacha.RigneyRios%40trade.gov.uk%7C1ee8676f1a3e49e3cf6508da65b2550d%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637934113842846947%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6u9lePuKKtJrjlVLMAtZa2t40mcTh2E5aXJN7J65ens%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> -<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings&amp;data=05%7C01%7CNatacha.RigneyRios%40trade.gov.uk%7C1ee8676f1a3e49e3cf6508da65b2550d%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637934113842846947%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5SausLvm5H%2Bn6QCgddcsnreRAdzAIT2eNl4BtER9zYE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2022 12:07:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 14118 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1484806

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	Department for International Trade: Opinion Polls
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 23 May 2022 to Question 3615 on Department for International Trade: Opinion Polls, which countries were asked about in the opinion polling for internal use in (a) 2019, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and how much was spent on commissioning the polling for each country.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	27641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2019, no money was spent on polling of this description.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021, research of this description covered the USA at a cost of £72,109.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, research of this description covered India at £75,000, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations at £61,075. The total spend for 2022 has increased since the previous Question (UIN 3615) was asked as the second phase of GCC polling was completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 11:14:07 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 11097 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1484322

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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 recent assessment she has made of the proportion of the UK's external trade with countries with which the UK has a free trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	26780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>To date the UK Government has secured trade agreements with 71 countries plus the EU, partners that accounted for 63.2% (£808bn) of UK bilateral trade in 2021. This includes agreements with Australia and New Zealand as well as the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which goes beyond continuity. We are continuing to work at pace to deliver our comprehensive free trade agreement programme. Recent developments include launching negotiations with Mexico and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Additionally, in June we concluded the fourth round of negotiations with India, as well as the second round of negotiations with Canada.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 26781 question first answered 07/07/2022 11:01:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 10753 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1484327

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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 progress her Department has made on achieving its aim of covering 80 per cent of the UK's external trade by trading with countries with which the UK has entered into a free trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	26781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>To date the UK Government has secured trade agreements with 71 countries plus the EU, partners that accounted for 63.2% (£808bn) of UK bilateral trade in 2021. This includes agreements with Australia and New Zealand as well as the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which goes beyond continuity. We are continuing to work at pace to deliver our comprehensive free trade agreement programme. Recent developments include launching negotiations with Mexico and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Additionally, in June we concluded the fourth round of negotiations with India, as well as the second round of negotiations with Canada.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 26780 question first answered 07/07/2022 11:01:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 10754 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1473162

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she intends to answer Question UIN 13663, tabled on 7 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	24562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Right Honourable Member for Islington South and Finsbury to the answer I have given today, UIN 13663.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/07/2022 13:41:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 9911 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1471778

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreements: Indiana
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact on the UK economy in pounds sterling of the Memorandum of Understanding on economic cooperation and trade relations between the US state of Indiana and the UK over the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	21213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the UK and Indiana builds on the strong existing relationship we have with an economy worth around £306bn, and is the first such MOU to be signed with an individual US state.</p><p> </p><p>This MOU will help us to bolster the over £1 billion worth of goods Indiana already buys from the UK by providing a framework to address market access barriers and increase opportunities for UK and Indiana businesses to invest and create jobs in a variety of sectors such aerospace, pharmaceuticals, and automotives. These sectors were worth a combined £36bn to the UK economy in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 21214 question first answered 05/07/2022 11:22:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 8674 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury