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1122954

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to ensure that the poorest countries in the world are able to take part fairly in global trade.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	910519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We believe that the global, rules-based system is the most important protection poorer countries have. We will champion their interests through the WTO, enact a UK trade preferences scheme through the Taxation Cross Border Trade Act and then further improve their access to the UK market after we’ve left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/04/2019 10:33:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1122955

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase the UK's proportion of global trade with India.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	910520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Exports to India were up nearly 20% in 2018 on the previous year, totalling over £7.9 billion.</p><p> </p><p>We have a number of initiatives to strengthen our bilateral trade relationship with India, including the Joint Working Group on Trade, which recently met in March.</p><p> </p><p>Only last night I was at the Grant Thornton tracker event with the Confederation of Indian Industry, to celebrate the success of some of the top Indian companies in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/04/2019 10:37:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1122956

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Ceramics: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential economic effect of US retaliatory trade actions on the UK ceramics sector.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	910522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that a tariff war would not be in the interests of UK, EU or US industry. The UK continues to work closely with the EU and European partners to support a negotiated settlement to the Airbus and Boeing disputes.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/04/2019 10:38:40 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1122957

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to ensure that the poorest countries in the world are able to take part fairly in global trade.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	910523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We believe that the global, rules-based system is the most important protection poorer countries have. We will champion their interests through the WTO, enact a UK trade preferences scheme through the Taxation Cross Border Trade Act and then further improve their access to the UK market after we’ve left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/04/2019 10:39:51 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1122959

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When the Government plans to establish the taskforce to tackle period poverty in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	910544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The first meeting of the taskforce will be in June. Over the last couple of months we have been consulting with a number of charities and other experts on the most effective way for us to use the taskforce.</p><p> </p><p>I will be chairing the taskforce alongside two leading experts in the sector, alongside a number of enthusiastic and skilled experts. The taskforce will build on and promote the great work being done by individual organisations, supporting local partners to make their work more than the sum of its parts.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/04/2019 13:26:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1122960

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Act 2004
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When the Government plans to publish its response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	910545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We have had an exceptional response rate to the consultation on the Gender Recognition Act, receiving over 100,000 responses. We are currently analysing all of these contributions and we intend to publish a response later this year.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/04/2019 13:51:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

1122414

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether EU students enrolling on UK higher education courses in the academic year 2020-21 will be eligible for (a) home fee status and (b) financial support.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	246531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We recognise how important it is that students and institutions have information on eligibility for student support before applications for courses open.</p><p>Applications for courses starting in academic year 2020/21 do not open until September 2019. We will ensure students and institutions have the information they need well in advance of that date.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 245637 245638 245750 245994 245995 246532 question first answered 25/04/2019 15:09:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1122415

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the (a) fee status and (b) loan eligibility of EU undergraduate students commencing courses at English higher education providers in the 2020-21 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	246532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We recognise how important it is that students and institutions have information on eligibility for student support before applications for courses open.</p><p>Applications for courses starting in academic year 2020/21 do not open until September 2019. We will ensure students and institutions have the information they need well in advance of that date.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 245637 245638 245750 245994 245995 246531 question first answered 25/04/2019 15:09:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1122497

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Food: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s public consultation entitled Calorie labelling for food and drink served outside of the home, which closed on 7 December 2018, how many responses the consultation received; and if he will commit to publish a response to that consultation before the next Parliamentary recess.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	246524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The consultation on mandating calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector received a high level of interest with over 1,000 responses from members of the public, businesses and organisations. We will publish the results and set out the timetable for further action later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 25/04/2019 14:01:10 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1121728

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US Administration on that Administration's decision to classify Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organisation.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	245937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We regularly engage with the US on Iran policy at a variety of levels, including through a visit to Washington by our Ambassador to Iran last month.</p><p>We have long expressed our deep concerns about the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC's) destablising activity both within and outside Iran, including its illicit economic activity and its role in Iran's ballistic missile development and support to non-state groups around the region.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 25/04/2019 14:37:43 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont