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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

1490188

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, for what reason meetings held by the Minister of State for Trade Policy at Sunnylands, California, between 5 and 7 December 2021 with representatives of the Hoover Institution, the Observer Research Foundation America and other external organisations were not declared in the list of ministerial meetings for October to December 2021 published by her Department on 31 March.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	38561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>I attended the Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue from the afternoon of the 5<sup>th</sup> December to the morning of the 7th, where I joined a number of open panel discussions. Conferences and multilateral events are not reported in transparency unless specific meetings were held in the margins – which was not the case on this occasion.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 12:01:43 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

1489276

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: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she plans to include provisions regarding human rights in a free trade agreement with the Gulf Co-operation Council; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	36881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a leading advocate for human rights around the world and we remain committed to the promotion of universal human rights. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office leads this effort within the UK Government.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2022 13:18:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1488862

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	Trade: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her Department's policy is on Government engagement with the EU-US Trade and Technology Council.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	35834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The EU-US Trade and Technology Council is a bilateral forum between EU and US. We are monitoring this forum and tracking developments. We continue to engage with both the EU and the US on these important issues.</p><p>At the recent UK-US Trade Dialogue in Aberdeen, we agreed to take forward further work on a number of priority areas, including digital trade.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 12:51:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

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

1488354

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	TRIPS Agreement: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Government's position on a TRIPS waiver at the World Health Organisation on the global distribution of vaccines.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	35067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member for Stockport to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington on July 2022 (UIN: 25725). I would also like to note that discussions on a TRIPS Decision were held at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and not at the World Health Organisation (WHO).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 13:41:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1487826

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
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: Consultants
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 consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	33696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>As per the Department for International Trade (DIT) Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002839/DIT-annual-report-2020-to-2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002839/DIT-annual-report-2020-to-2021.pdf</a> ) consultancy spend in 2020/21 was £5,782k and in 2019/20 was £897k. This relates to the provision of objective advice to DIT relating to strategy, structure, management or operations in pursuit of its purposes and objective. This has been subject to audit.</p><p>The 2021/22 consultancy spend will be published in the 2021/22 Annual Report and Accounts in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2022 12:33:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett