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date	19/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Chevening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times he has used Chevening House for (a) departmental and (b) personal purposes since taking office; and if he will outline the duration of each such use.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	234261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Chevening House is not funded by the Government and is the responsibility of its trustees. The Prime Minister decides who occupies the building. It is currently shared by the Foreign Secretary, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and the Secretary of State for International Trade.</p><p> </p><p>Since his appointment in July 2016, the Secretary of State for International Trade has used Chevening House on three occasions for Departmental use, as outlined below:</p><p> </p><p>19th October 2017 (one day)</p><p>7th June 2018 (one day)</p><p>11th October 2018 (one day)</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for International Trade has not used Chevening House for personal purposes since taking office.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/03/2019 10:50:20 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1087580

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the recent growth slowdown in key export markets could have on UK trade after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL14495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>UK exports are growing, rising 2.7% (£17.0bn) to £636.6bn in the 12 months ending January 2019. In August 2018 we published the government’s Export Strategy, setting out how we will encourage, inform, connect and finance UK businesses of all sizes to enable them to succeed internationally in an increasing competitive environment.</p><p>The UK’s official government forecasts are published in the latest OBR projections. These show UK total export market growth of 3.3% and 3.5% in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Real export growth (excluding the effects of price inflation) is forecast at 1.4% and 1.7% in 2019 and 2020 respectively, and lower in the longer term.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 25/03/2019 12:05:11 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1086368

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Food: Import Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the tariffs they intend to impose on food imports after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL14401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government published details of tariffs the UK intends to apply to food imports in the event of a ‘no-deal’ EU Exit on Wednesday 13 March. These details can be found at www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-rates-of-customs-duty-on-imports-after-eu-exit.</p><p> </p><p>If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the UK will implement this temporary tariff regime for up to 12 months whilst a full consultation and review on a permanent approach is undertaken. This regime will apply a tariff rate of zero to most imports into the UK whilst retaining the UK’s ability to raise these rates to a higher ‘bound’ rate if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>If the UK had chosen to apply its current external tariff regime to the EU this would impose new tariffs on EU imports, driving up prices for consumers and disrupting business supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>If the UK chose to apply zero tariffs on <strong>all</strong> goods traded with the EU, then the UK would have to extend this to the rest of the world due to WTO rules. This would minimise disruption to EU trade but would open the UK to competition from other countries outside of the EU, including those with unfair trading practices.</p><p> </p><p>The temporary tariff regime adopts a balanced position between these two options. It will minimise costs to UK businesses whilst mitigating the impact of price increases on UK consumers.</p><p> </p><p>This temporary tariff regime will come into effect at the timethe UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>In the event of a deal being secured the UK will continue to apply the EU’s Common External Tariff during any implementation period. No decision on post-implementation period tariff rates has been made at this time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 25/03/2019 17:08:07 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1086370

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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 Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to submit a revised schedule of tariffs the UK will apply post-Brexit to the World Trade Organization.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL14402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has already lodged at the WTO the UK goods schedule on 24 July 2018. This contains the UK’s bound tariff rates which the UK cannot exceed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 25/03/2019 16:53:21 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1083771

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during discussions with the government of Australia on a future bilateral trade agreement, the subject of the frozen state pensions of UK pensioners who have retired to Australia has been discussed.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL14334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Discussions with Australia on a future bilateral trade agreement have focussed on building a shared understanding of both countries’ ambitions for future trading arrangements. The subject of frozen state pensions has not formed part of our trade discussions with Australia. This policy area is primarily a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 25/03/2019 14:39:00 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham