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794168
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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 Small Businesses more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text What plans his Department has to support Small Business Saturday. more like this
tabling member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole more like this
tabling member printed
Michael Tomlinson more like this
uin 902509 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-11-23more like thismore than 2017-11-23
answer text <p>Small Business Saturday is a nation-wide grass roots campaign, celebrating small businesses across the UK. It is now in its fifth year and will take place on Saturday 2 December 2017.</p><p>DIT Ministers will be supporting this activity to promote our small businesses and their essential contribution to the UK economy.</p><p>I am hosting a roundtable in Portishead to discuss exporting issues for SMEs and to celebrate Small Business Saturday with the Department’s mobile Exporting is GREAT Hub, which many members have already used.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North Somerset more like this
answering member printed Dr Liam Fox more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-11-23T13:39:00.203Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-23T13:39:00.203Z
answering member
223
label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox more like this
tabling member
4497
label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson more like this
794169
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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 Trade Bill more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text What formal consultations he undertook with the devolved administrations and other stakeholders on the provisions of the Trade Bill before that Bill was published. more like this
tabling member constituency Cardiff South and Penarth more like this
tabling member printed
Stephen Doughty more like this
uin 902510 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-11-23more like thismore than 2017-11-23
answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade met with Scottish and Welsh Government Ministers between publication of the Trade White Paper and introduction of the Trade Bill, and senior officials met their counterparts in Northern Ireland departments.</p><p> </p><p>DIT officials also spoke with each of the devolved administrations and shared draft clauses and explanatory notes prior to publication of the Bill.</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 2017-11-23T13:41:37.487Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-23T13:41:37.487Z
answering member
1526
label Biography information for Greg Hands more like this
tabling member
4264
label Biography information for Stephen Doughty more like this
794170
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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 Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text What assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to establish a system better to enable parliamentary scrutiny of trade agreements. more like this
tabling member constituency East Lothian more like this
tabling member printed
Martin Whitfield more like this
uin 902512 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-11-23more like thismore than 2017-11-23
answer text <p>As outlined in the Government’s White Paper ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’, we remain committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade and invited views on the UK’s approach to its future trade policy.</p><p>We are reviewing responses and continue to engage with stakeholders on these issues.</p><p>After March 2019, the Government will ensure that Parliament has an appropriate role to play in the scrutiny of new UK trade treaties.</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 2017-11-23T13:43:00.277Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-23T13:43:00.277Z
answering member
1526
label Biography information for Greg Hands more like this
tabling member
4626
label Biography information for Martin Whitfield more like this
794283
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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: Taxation 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, if he will publish all external guidance and advice his Department has received on the proposals to adopt the lesser duty rule as part of any future trade remedy scheme as set out in the Taxation (Cross Border Trade) Bill. more like this
tabling member constituency Stoke-on-Trent Central more like this
tabling member printed
Gareth Snell more like this
uin 115256 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-04more like thismore than 2017-12-04
answer text <p>The UK’s trade remedies regime will provide robust protections for UK industry suffering from injury, caused by dumped or subsidised imports, or unforeseen import surges. To ensure these protections are proportionate, the regime will set measures at the level necessary to address the injury to UK industry (known as the lesser duty rule), and apply an economic interest test as part of the independent investigation process (similar to the existing Union interest test in the EU).</p><p>We have been engaging with stakeholders on how these elements of the regime will work in practice, and are committed to continuing that engagement. This process will also be informed by economic research commissioned by this Department through public tender to provide evidence on the design and implementation of a future trade remedies framework.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Wyre Forest more like this
answering member printed Mark Garnier more like this
grouped question UIN 115257 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-12-04T11:13:07.413Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-04T11:13:07.413Z
answering member
4074
label Biography information for Mark Garnier more like this
tabling member
4595
label Biography information for Gareth Snell more like this
794284
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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: Taxation 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, what external advice he has received on the application of an economic interest test as part of any future trade remedy scheme after the UK leaves the EU. more like this
tabling member constituency Stoke-on-Trent Central more like this
tabling member printed
Gareth Snell more like this
uin 115257 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-04more like thismore than 2017-12-04
answer text <p>The UK’s trade remedies regime will provide robust protections for UK industry suffering from injury, caused by dumped or subsidised imports, or unforeseen import surges. To ensure these protections are proportionate, the regime will set measures at the level necessary to address the injury to UK industry (known as the lesser duty rule), and apply an economic interest test as part of the independent investigation process (similar to the existing Union interest test in the EU).</p><p>We have been engaging with stakeholders on how these elements of the regime will work in practice, and are committed to continuing that engagement. This process will also be informed by economic research commissioned by this Department through public tender to provide evidence on the design and implementation of a future trade remedies framework.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Wyre Forest more like this
answering member printed Mark Garnier more like this
grouped question UIN 115256 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-12-04T11:13:07.46Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-04T11:13:07.46Z
answering member
4074
label Biography information for Mark Garnier more like this
tabling member
4595
label Biography information for Gareth Snell more like this
794408
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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: USA 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, what the value of (a) imports from and (b) exports to the US was for each region and nation of the UK in each of the last 30 years for which data is available. more like this
tabling member constituency Vale of Clwyd more like this
tabling member printed
Chris Ruane more like this
uin 115381 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-11-28more like thismore than 2017-11-28
answer text <p>Data on the value of UK trade (exports and imports) in goods and services with the USA since 1999 are available from the ONS at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/007716additionalcountrydatafortradeingoodsandservicesbetween1999and2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/007716additionalcountrydatafortradeingoodsandservicesbetween1999and2016</a></p><p>Data on the value of UK trade in goods by UK region with the USA since 1996 are available from HM Customs and Revenue (HMRC)’s Build Your Own Tables application at:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx</a> (RTS data)</p><p>Data on the value of exports of services (excluding travel, transport and financial services) by GB region to the USA in 2015 are available from the ONS at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2015" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2015</a> (data for earlier years are not available).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li><strong>The data at the links above are not comparable due to differences in coverage and methodology between sources</strong></li><li><strong>Data on the value of imports of services from the USA are not available </strong></li></ol>
answering member constituency Wyre Forest more like this
answering member printed Mark Garnier more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-11-28T12:49:26.393Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-28T12:49:26.393Z
answering member
4074
label Biography information for Mark Garnier more like this
tabling member
534
label Biography information for Chris Ruane more like this
794441
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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 Exports 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, for what reason the figures in the Red Book, published on 22 November show growth in exports of goods and services in the UK falling from 3.4% in 2018 to 0.1% in 2020. more like this
tabling member constituency Sefton Central more like this
tabling member printed
Bill Esterson more like this
uin 115414 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-11-28more like thismore than 2017-11-28
answer text <p>The Budget takes its trade projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) autumn forecast. Details of the OBR’s forecast can be found in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook for November 2017. As the OBR stresses, there is considerable uncertainty around these forecasts.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Wyre Forest more like this
answering member printed Mark Garnier more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-11-28T13:13:32.773Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-28T13:13:32.773Z
answering member
4074
label Biography information for Mark Garnier more like this
tabling member
4061
label Biography information for Bill Esterson more like this
794442
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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 Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure 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, pursuant to his oral Answer on 23 November, what discussion he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the additional funding for his Department following the Autumn Budget 2017 and how many additional staff he plans to recruit as a result of that additional funding. more like this
tabling member constituency Sefton Central more like this
tabling member printed
Bill Esterson more like this
uin 115415 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-01more like thismore than 2017-12-01
answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced in Budget, a further £3 billion has been set aside for Brexit preparations over the next two years, and the Department will work with HM Treasury, to ensure it receives the additional funding it needs in 2018-19. The number of additional staff recruited will be agreed as part of this process.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Wyre Forest more like this
answering member printed Mark Garnier more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-12-01T13:30:11.61Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-01T13:30:11.61Z
answering member
4074
label Biography information for Mark Garnier more like this
tabling member
4061
label Biography information for Bill Esterson more like this
794443
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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 Small Businesses 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, pursuant to his Oral Answer on 23 November 2017, what criteria he used to locate staff from the Export Hub on Small Business Saturday. more like this
tabling member constituency Sefton Central more like this
tabling member printed
Bill Esterson more like this
uin 115416 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction true more like this
date of answer less than 2017-11-28more like thismore than 2017-11-28
answer text <p>The Export Hub is invited to locations across the UK, and has so far visited 23<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">5</del> sites. Any Member of Parliament is able to request for the Export Hub to visit their constituency.</p><p>The logistics for managing the Export Hub is contracted through an external company.</p><p>Many cross-party MPs have spoken highly of the work of the Export Hub at the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) Monthly MPs Briefings which the DIT Ministerial team hosts.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Wyre Forest more like this
answering member printed Mark Garnier more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-11-28T17:55:44.77Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-28T17:55:44.77Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2017-11-30T11:52:32.87Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-30T11:52:32.87Z
answering member
4074
label Biography information for Mark Garnier more like this
previous answer version
25634
answering member constituency Wyre Forest more like this
answering member printed Mark Garnier more like this
answering member
4074
label Biography information for Mark Garnier more like this
tabling member
4061
label Biography information for Bill Esterson more like this
794446
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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 Trade Agreements 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 pursuant to his Oral Answer of 23 November 2017, what the timetable is for the agreement of each of the trade agreements to be rolled over from the EU after the UK leaves the EU; and how many staff in his Department have been allocated to each agreement. more like this
tabling member constituency Sefton Central more like this
tabling member printed
Bill Esterson more like this
uin 115419 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-11-28more like thismore than 2017-11-28
answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is engaging with all countries with which the European Union currently has free trade agreements with a view to replicating, as far as possible, the effects of existing agreements as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, including in any implementation period that might be agreed between the UK and the EU.</p><p>This work involves staff across the Department and in other government departments.</p><p> </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 2017-11-28T17:35:23.437Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-28T17:35:23.437Z
answering member
1526
label Biography information for Greg Hands more like this
tabling member
4061
label Biography information for Bill Esterson more like this