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1128086

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date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
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 differential impact of (1) leaving the EU without a deal, and (2) staying in the EU, over the next 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Radice
uin	HL15935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The 2016 referendum delivered a clear instruction to withdraw from the European Union, which the Government is committed to implementing. The Government remains focused on ensuring a smooth and orderly withdrawal from the EU with a deal as soon as possible.</p><p>In November 2018, the Government delivered on its commitment to provide appropriate analysis to Parliament with a robust, objective assessment of how exiting the EU may affect the economy of the UK in the long run (circa 15 years). The analysis considers a range of scenarios, including a no deal scenario. All scenarios are compared to today’s arrangements, but this is not a specific projection of future membership of the EU; the future direction of EU policy is uncertain, and could have both positive and negative impacts on the UK economy. Whilst all economic modelling is inherently uncertain, the analysis shows that compared to today’s arrangements, GDP in the modelled no deal scenario is estimated to be between 6.3% and 9% lower in the long run.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 04/06/2019 11:03:33 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	510 label Biography information for Lord Radice

1128087

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have spent on preparations for a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Radice
uin	HL15936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Additional EU Exit funding, allocated by HM Treasury to departments and the Devolved Administrations, covers all scenarios. ‘No deal’ spending cannot readily be separated from ‘deal’ spending given significant overlap in plans in many cases. HM Treasury has since 2016 allocated over £4.2 billion of funding, for all exit scenarios.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 04/06/2019 11:03:56 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	510 label Biography information for Lord Radice

1128088

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Innovation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding has been allocated to each of the Spearhead programmes of (1) land command and control (C2), (2) joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and (3) anti-submarine warfare; and how this will change the way the MoD purchases systems and services.
tabling member printed	Lord Robathan
uin	HL15937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government has approved a one-year Approved Budgetary Limit of £34.8 million to the Spearhead programmes: £8.9 million for Land Command and Control (C2), £9.6 million for joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and £16.3 million for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). The total planned spend over the seven-year portfolio is £544.1 million to the Spearhead programmes: £73.9 million for C2, £74.2 million for ISR, and £395.9 million for ASW.</p><p>This initiative does not obviate the need for an Equipment Programme of major units, procured in the traditional manner, in order to deliver defence tasks. What it seeks to do is to address known risks and issues with the current force, leveraging emerging technology and innovation in order to enable us to remain ahead of our adversaries.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/06/2019 13:51:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	334 label Biography information for Lord Robathan

1128091

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of global trade slowdown on emerging economies; and what steps they are taking to reduce barriers to supply chains between the UK and emerging economies post-Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL15940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The IMF and OECD have recently revised down their projections for global trade growth in 2019. The latest OECD Economic Outlook, published on 21 May, states that ‘weak global trade… continue[s] to impede growth in many [emerging-market] countries’.</p><p> </p><p>Well-functioning global trade relationships are vital for the global economy and for ensuring UK businesses can manage their supply chains effectively.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to working with countries to explore the best ways to develop our trade and investment relationships, we are putting resource behind our efforts to tackle market access barriers. We are establishing a new approach that brings together the efforts of all of the government and new regional HM Trade Commissioners who will help to resolve market access barriers across the globe.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 04/06/2019 13:53:06 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1128096

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the approximate quantity of steel rail required for the HS2 project.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL15945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>As stated in the Working Draft Environmental Statement (p.136), the approximate total of steel required for the HS2 project is 1.94 million metric tonnes.</p><p> </p><p>The procurements for contracts that will involve the purchase of steel have not yet concluded so no contract awards have been made. However, HS2 Ltd has already engaged with thousands of British businesses, to aid them in winning work on HS2. So far 98% of contracts for HS2, awarded directly and through the supply chain, have been won by British companies, with many more opportunities to come in the future. HS2 Ltd has let around £10bn worth of contracts and by the end of next year that will be around £20bn.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 04/06/2019 13:39:11 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

1128242

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information his Department holds on onward sales of arms and military equipment originally sold by UK defence industry where the original sale was made as a result of a UK arms fair.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	257462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information about the cost of surveillance and enforcement activities at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibitions in 2013, 2015, 2017.</p><p> </p><p>All exports of military items from the UK are subject to export controls. Each export licence application is rigorously assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which include criteria for human rights and international humanitarian law, and sanctions and embargoes. The Government will not grant a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Government approval is also required for the release of classified defence-related information or equipment by UK exporters to overseas entities for marketing purposes. The Export Control Joint Unit attends some UK arms fairs (including DSEI) to raise awareness with the organisers and the exhibitors of their export control obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 257463 257464 257465 257466 257467 257712 question first answered 04/06/2019 09:09:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1128243

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information his Department holds on sales of arms and military equipment associated with (a) human rights abuses and (b) war crimes that were originally sold by the UK defence industry where the original sale was made a result of a UK arms fair.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	257463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information about the cost of surveillance and enforcement activities at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibitions in 2013, 2015, 2017.</p><p> </p><p>All exports of military items from the UK are subject to export controls. Each export licence application is rigorously assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which include criteria for human rights and international humanitarian law, and sanctions and embargoes. The Government will not grant a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Government approval is also required for the release of classified defence-related information or equipment by UK exporters to overseas entities for marketing purposes. The Export Control Joint Unit attends some UK arms fairs (including DSEI) to raise awareness with the organisers and the exhibitors of their export control obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 257462 257464 257465 257466 257467 257712 question first answered 04/06/2019 09:09:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1128244

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what international best practice frameworks are in place to regulate (a) marketing and (b) sales of arms and military equipment at arms fairs in the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	257464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information about the cost of surveillance and enforcement activities at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibitions in 2013, 2015, 2017.</p><p> </p><p>All exports of military items from the UK are subject to export controls. Each export licence application is rigorously assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which include criteria for human rights and international humanitarian law, and sanctions and embargoes. The Government will not grant a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Government approval is also required for the release of classified defence-related information or equipment by UK exporters to overseas entities for marketing purposes. The Export Control Joint Unit attends some UK arms fairs (including DSEI) to raise awareness with the organisers and the exhibitors of their export control obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 257462 257463 257465 257466 257467 257712 question first answered 04/06/2019 09:09:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1128245

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what surveillance and enforcement procedures are in place to ensure that weapons and military equipment in contravention of international agreements to which the UK is a signatory are not (a) promoted, (b) sold during and (c) sold following the Defence and Security Equipment International 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	257465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information about the cost of surveillance and enforcement activities at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibitions in 2013, 2015, 2017.</p><p> </p><p>All exports of military items from the UK are subject to export controls. Each export licence application is rigorously assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which include criteria for human rights and international humanitarian law, and sanctions and embargoes. The Government will not grant a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Government approval is also required for the release of classified defence-related information or equipment by UK exporters to overseas entities for marketing purposes. The Export Control Joint Unit attends some UK arms fairs (including DSEI) to raise awareness with the organisers and the exhibitors of their export control obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 257462 257463 257464 257466 257467 257712 question first answered 04/06/2019 09:09:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1128246

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much was spent on surveillance and enforcement activity connected to the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair in (a) 2013, (b) 2015 and (c) 2017.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	257466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information about the cost of surveillance and enforcement activities at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibitions in 2013, 2015, 2017.</p><p> </p><p>All exports of military items from the UK are subject to export controls. Each export licence application is rigorously assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which include criteria for human rights and international humanitarian law, and sanctions and embargoes. The Government will not grant a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Government approval is also required for the release of classified defence-related information or equipment by UK exporters to overseas entities for marketing purposes. The Export Control Joint Unit attends some UK arms fairs (including DSEI) to raise awareness with the organisers and the exhibitors of their export control obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 257462 257463 257464 257465 257467 257712 question first answered 04/06/2019 09:09:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown