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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-12-15more like thismore than 2016-12-15
answering body
Department for International Trade more like this
answering dept id 202 remove filter
answering dept short name International Trade more like this
answering dept sort name International Trade more like this
hansard heading Overseas Trade: Gulf States more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech to the Gulf Cooperation Council on 7 December 2016, what assessment his Department has made of the trading opportunities for UK businesses in the Gulf over the next five years. more like this
tabling member constituency Na h-Eileanan an Iar more like this
tabling member printed
Angus Brendan MacNeil more like this
uin 57796 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-12-20more like thismore than 2016-12-20
answer text <p>The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is an important market for British business. The GCC has a combined GDP of $1.4trn. In 2015 UK exports to the region were worth £20.4bn. In 2015 the Department for International Trade (DIT) facilitated over £2.1bn of Gulf investment into the UK. Through UK Export Finance, DIT has provided nearly £16bn in financial support to UK exporters in the GCC market since 2011, and we continue to support new business opportunities in the region in order to promote British exports.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham more like this
answering member printed Greg Hands more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-12-20T17:46:25.327Zmore like thismore than 2016-12-20T17:46:25.327Z
answering member
1526
label Biography information for Greg Hands more like this
tabling member
1546
label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil more like this