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846744

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department has taken to ensure the compliance of the arms export sector with consolidated EU and national arms export licensing criteria.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	903873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Military exports from the UK require export licences. All export licence applications are considered on a case by case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/02/2018 13:24:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

846805

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their plans for parliamentary scrutiny of post-Brexit trade deals.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL5767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Government’s White Paper – ‘Preparing for our Future UK Trade Policy’, parliament will play a vital role in the scrutiny of future trade agreements, as it always has. The UK remains committed to a transparent, fair, and inclusive approach to international trade and has invited views on the UK’s approach to its future trade policy, including future trade agreements.</p><p>The Department for International Trade continues to engage with a wide range of stakeholders, to gather views that will help to inform decisions on the future approach to the scrutiny of future trade agreements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 06/03/2018 14:10:11 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

846806

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are being lobbied in respect of any future UK–US trade deal.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL5768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Trade White Paper, ‘Preparing for our Future UK Trade Policy’, the UK is committed to a transparent approach to international trade. We have invited views on the UK’s approach to future trade agreements, including our future trade relationship with the US, and engagement with stakeholders is ongoing as they continue to feed into our policy development.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that protecting the NHS is of the utmost importance. Nothing in our future trade agreements, including with the US, will prevent the UK from regulating in the pursuit of legitimate public policy objectives such as the NHS. As we leave the EU, the UK will continue to ensure that rigorous protections for the NHS are included in all trade agreements it is party to.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead grouped question UIN HL5769 HL5770 question first answered 08/03/2018 17:47:40 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

846807

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, with regard to lobbying in relation to any future UK–US trade deal, whether they will disclose (1) the names of all those lobbying Her Majesty's Government, (2) the form and timing of such lobbying, and (3) the subjects covered by those lobbyists.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL5769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Trade White Paper, ‘Preparing for our Future UK Trade Policy’, the UK is committed to a transparent approach to international trade. We have invited views on the UK’s approach to future trade agreements, including our future trade relationship with the US, and engagement with stakeholders is ongoing as they continue to feed into our policy development.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that protecting the NHS is of the utmost importance. Nothing in our future trade agreements, including with the US, will prevent the UK from regulating in the pursuit of legitimate public policy objectives such as the NHS. As we leave the EU, the UK will continue to ensure that rigorous protections for the NHS are included in all trade agreements it is party to.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead grouped question UIN HL5768 HL5770 question first answered 08/03/2018 17:47:40 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

846808

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have been subject to lobbying to open the NHS market to United States firms as part of any future UK–US trade deals.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL5770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Trade White Paper, ‘Preparing for our Future UK Trade Policy’, the UK is committed to a transparent approach to international trade. We have invited views on the UK’s approach to future trade agreements, including our future trade relationship with the US, and engagement with stakeholders is ongoing as they continue to feed into our policy development.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that protecting the NHS is of the utmost importance. Nothing in our future trade agreements, including with the US, will prevent the UK from regulating in the pursuit of legitimate public policy objectives such as the NHS. As we leave the EU, the UK will continue to ensure that rigorous protections for the NHS are included in all trade agreements it is party to.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead grouped question UIN HL5768 HL5769 question first answered 08/03/2018 17:47:40 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

846870

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions the Government has had with the EU on conditions under which the UK can begin negotiating trade agreements with countries with whom the EU has trade agreements; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	129044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>As an EU Member State, discussions we have about trade with our partner countries are limited by our obligations under the Common Commercial Policy and our duty of sincere co-operation. Discussions have been focussed on securing continuity, not on a renegotiation of terms. The European Commission is aware of these discussions and has not raised any objections.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/02/2018 17:58:26 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

846887

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	China: Trade Missions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many Scottish companies which had not previously taken part in a trade mission were invited on the last trade visit to China in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	129061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>All UK companies, including those located or operating in Scotland, are able to access the Department for International Trade's (DIT) national events and missions programme. This is viewable on great.gov.uk which is promoted nationally.</p><p>The most recent trade mission to China in 2017 was for the Airports sector and ran from 27<sup>th _ </sup>30<sup>th</sup> November. One Scottish company took part in this trade mission. They have received ongoing support from DIT.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/03/2018 14:14:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

847067

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Fair Trade Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products since it was established.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is fully committed to ethical procurement, but does not hold information at the level of detail required to answer the question.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/03/2018 17:44:12 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 44547 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847105

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, to which organisations his Department has outsourced functions since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has not outsourced any core internal functions since it was formally established in 2016 but we did inherit some outsourced contracts from UK Trade and Investment and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><p>These included some contracts related to Trade promotion work in the UK, and overseas, and corporate services such as HR, IT and Finance functions.</p><p>A portion of these contracts have been re-negotiated or re-let since the Department was formed.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/03/2018 14:54:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847125

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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 Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what percentage of workers employed directly by his Department belonged to a trade union in each year since his Department's formation.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) was established in July 2016. The percentage of workers who are trade union members is not held by DIT.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/03/2018 13:28:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane