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1434600

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase trade with Israel.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	128240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Israel is an important trading partner, with bilateral trade worth £4.8 billion a year. My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has committed to enhancing the trading relationship through an upgraded trade deal, building on the trade agreement we have in place today.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade travelled to Israel in early February to meet her counterpart, Orna Barbivai, and discussed the mutual benefit of an upgraded deal focusing on services, digital and innovation. We have launched our consultation on such a deal; formal negotiations cannot begin until the consultation has concluded and the responses fully analysed.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 01/03/2022 14:25:37 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1418812

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of trade in services between the UK and Israel in the past ten years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	116074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is strongly committed to our trade and investment relationship with Israel, one of the Middle East’s most dynamic and innovative economies. In 2020, our services trade totalled £1.7 billion, which is an increase of 84.5% since 2010. Financial services and professional business services were our largest exports to Israel in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>On 1<sup>st</sup> February, the Department for International Trade launched a public consultation on a new free trade deal that will play to British and Israeli strengths as fellow tech superpowers, boosting our strong trade relationship in digital, services and life sciences.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 10/02/2022 16:38:35 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1416066

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her department is taking to increase trade between the UK and Israel.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	110267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has committed to enhancing and improving the UK-Israel Free Trade Agreement. The United Kingdom published a Call for Input on February 1<sup>st</sup> to hear the views of businesses and wider society on how to improve our £4.8 billion trade relationship. Israel is one of the world’s most dynamic and innovative economies and this will be a first step in strengthening our trade relationship even further.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/02/2022 15:42:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1388709

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the total value of bilateral trade with Israel in the last five years, and what steps she is taking to increase that value in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	94308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Our bilateral trade relationship with Israel is already strong at almost £5 billion per year. Total trade between the UK and Israel has grown over the last five years from £3.5 billion in 2015 to £4.8 billion in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Officials and Ministers are in regular contact with their Israeli counterparts on our existing bilateral free trade agreement and ambitions for our future relationship. The Government will open a Call for Input on an enhanced bilateral free trade agreement with Israel early this year.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 13:28:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1387785

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps the Government has taken to support bilateral trade with Israel.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	92805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>On December 2<sup>nd</sup>, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade confirmed to the <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-12-02/debates/81022A68-A9FC-4E68-A467-9A2766366890/IsraelTradeCo-Operation" target="_blank">House</a> that the UK will open a public consultation on an enhanced bilateral free trade agreement with Israel early next year.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are in regular contact with their Israeli counterparts to implement the existing UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement. The UK is due to hold the inaugural UK-Israel Joint Committee early next year and is also planning to host a joint UK-Israel Innovation Summit in March. This will be an opportunity to highlight our ambitious trade, science and innovation relationship, and showcase the shared talents of leading British and Israeli businesses.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 20/12/2021 10:30:56 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1285252

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2021 to Question 146961 on Question for Department for International Trade, what sectors have been identified for further cooperation with Israel beyond the continuity trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	151774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement entered into force on the 1 January 2021. The agreement provides an ambitious framework to continue to grow our future trading relationship, which totalled £4.9 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2020. We have identified opportunities to deepen our bilateral trade relationship in sectors such as financial services, infrastructure, and technology. We will work with our Israeli counterparts to realise these including through reinstating plans to host a UK-Israel Trade and Investment conference in London.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/02/2021 11:39:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

1282630

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps the Government has taken to support bilateral trade with Israel.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	146961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement entered into force on the 1<sup>st</sup> January 2021. The agreement provides an ambitious framework to continue to grow our future trading relationship, which totalled £4.9 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2020. We are now working with Israeli counterparts on the implementation of our agreement and to scope where there is a shared ambition to deepen our bilateral trade relationship. This includes the opportunity to reinstate plans to host a United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Investment Conference.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 08/02/2021 10:46:32 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

1278192

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her Department's policy is on the supply to the Israeli Government of (a) mechanical diggers and (b) other large-scale industrial or agricultural equipment that may potentially be used for the destruction of buildings in that country; and whether her Department has supplied such equipment to the Israeli Government.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	140253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom applies export controls to military items and certain dual-use items. Standard mechanical diggers and agricultural machinery are not subject to such controls, but the Department for International Trade is not a supplier of such equipment.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 26/01/2021 12:57:36 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1238385

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to strengthen the UK’s trade relationship with Israel.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	96230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>As my Rt Hon. Friend, the Foreign Secretary, stated during his recent visit to the region, the relationship between the United Kingdom and Israel is strong. We wish to strengthen it further.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with Israeli officials to explore opportunities for expanding and deepening the United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement – and we will work with our Israeli counterparts to reinstate plans to host a United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Investment conference in London too.</p><p> </p><p>We welcome Israel’s normalisation of relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. As a friend to all three countries, we welcome the opportunities for increased trade and investment that this will provide.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena grouped question UIN 96231 question first answered 06/10/2020 16:57:14 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1201414

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether compliance with the technical arrangements of the EU-Israel Association Agreement is replicated in the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement which will enter into force at the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	56192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>All committee decisions made within the framework of the European Union-Israel Association Agreement were carried across into the United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement, which will enter into force after the end of the Transition Period on 1<sup>st</sup> January 2021.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 15/06/2020 11:22:22 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray