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1404844

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date	20/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Africa Investment Conference: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) organising and (b) hosting the second Africa Investment Conference.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	108593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The cost of the second Africa Investment Conference amounted to £74,450.50. This covered the cost of the event management company required to produce the conference, and the cost of the virtual platform required to host it. This has been paid for from the Department for International Trade’s Africa budget.</p><p> </p><p>With a distinguished line up of over 25 speakers, an audience of over 3,000 and a confident message from the UK’s Africa Investors Group on investing in Africa, the conference represents exceptional value for money and demonstrates why we will look to continue to employ virtual formats in our event toolkit from hereon in.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/02/2022 14:11:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1404958

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 merits of supporting the exemption of (a) least developed countries from TRIPS Agreement obligations and (b) all low and middle-income countries to not enforce TRIPS during the covid-19 pandemic to enable collaboration and help scale-up access to vaccines, tests and treatments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	108444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK supported the Least Developed Countries’ request for an extension of the transition period for compliance with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in June 2021.</p><p> </p><p>While HM Government remains open to initiatives that will help with vaccine production and distribution, there is no evidence that waiving intellectual property protections would advance these objectives.</p><p> </p><p>We must focus on actions that will make a real difference. This includes delivering and administering vaccines globally, as well as ensuring the WTO’s pandemic response package incorporates ambitious trade measures to help vital supplies reach those who need them most.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/02/2022 14:19:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1404959

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 effect of a TRIPs waiver on innovation taking into account the contribution of public funding to the development of the Oxford/Astrazeneca and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	108445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>HM Government has invested 90 million pounds into AstraZeneca’s vaccine development. Investment like this has resulted in 2.5 billion AstraZeneca vaccines being delivered at cost to more than 170 countries, with two thirds going to lower- and middle-income countries. It is because of the legal framework provided by TRIPS that Government and innovators will continue to have the confidence to invest in developing health products and technologies. We must ensure the framework retains its ability to continue doing this. An IP rights waiver would undermine these efforts.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/02/2022 14:15:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1404960

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government has taken in line with its support for voluntary licences to encourage (a) Pfizer and (b) Moderna to share their covid-19 vaccine technology with potential mRNA manufacturers across Africa, Latin America and Asia identified by MSF and Human Rights Watch; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	108446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The role of the legal framework provided by the TRIPS Agreement has and will continue to provide innovators the confidence to invest in developing health products and technologies and to form collaborative partnerships. This is evidenced with over 300 successful voluntary licensing and technology transfer partnerships, which are contributing to the production of approximately 1.5 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses per month.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage industry to continue forming voluntary licensing and technology transfer partnerships. Working with commercial partners within the existing international IP framework is the most effective way to make use of global capacity to produce life-saving medicines at pace.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/02/2022 14:06:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1404430

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the (a) dates and (b) outbound destinations for each occasion when (i) she or (ii) her predecessor travelled in (A) economy class, (B) business class, and (C) first class when using commercial flights to travel overseas on official business in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, and (3) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	107507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>All flights and costs for travel are published in transparency returns on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/01/2022 11:07:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1403849

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
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: Diaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish her predecessor's Ministerial diary for 20 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	106880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with departmental officials and external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/01/2022 13:52:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1403865

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
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: Trade Remedies Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of her departmental staff are employed to work directly for the Trade Remedies Authority.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	106617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>No DIT staff are employed to work directly for the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/01/2022 13:39:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1403866

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
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 Remedies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what changes have been made to the rules on UK trade remedies since the UK's departure from the European Union; ​and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	106618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>The legislation establishing the UK's trade remedies system and all subsequent amendments are publicly available here:</p><p><a title="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/10/contents" href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2F2021%2F10%2Fcontents&amp;data=04%7C01%7CRron.Bajgora%40trade.gov.uk%7C8f3f094c556e40ac7a4608d9e01519af%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637787203486266585%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=kPOJRssKDybxzGveXpfZ2ySyf8WCe%2Fwrd2fVSC4aSZU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/10/contents</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/22/contents/enacted" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/22/contents/enacted</a></p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/secondary?title=trade%20remedies/" href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fsecondary%3Ftitle%3DTrade%2520Remedies%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CRron.Bajgora%40trade.gov.uk%7C8f3f094c556e40ac7a4608d9e01519af%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637787203486266585%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=E%2BeT9xk59J9pN%2BsSlnKZyFSjbCGH7h6WZZ9%2Bu5Q9fGs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/secondary?title=Trade%20Remedies/</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2022 12:24:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1403867

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
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 Remedies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list the trade remedies which are no longer applicable since the UK's departure from the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	106619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>Since the UK’s exit from the EU, the Trade Remedies Authority has completed four transition reviews covering 6 of the measures leading to the revocation of the measure on PSC wire from China and welded pipes and tubes from Russia.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/01/2022 13:34:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1403868

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
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 Remedies: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many complaints her Department has received from interested parties regarding trade remedies since the UK's departure from the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	106620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>This Department has not received any formal complaints.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade Remedies Authority is the independent body undertaking trade remedies investigations. They have a reconsiderations process for interested parties. Further information on this can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-trade-remedies-investigations-process/how-we-handle-requests-for-reconsiderations-of-our-decisions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-trade-remedies-investigations-process/how-we-handle-requests-for-reconsiderations-of-our-decisions</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2022 17:48:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas