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1580175

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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, how often her Department plans to conduct ex-post evaluations of the implementation of new free trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	131282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The government has committed to publishing evaluations of each of the UK-Japan, UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand agreements, within 5 years of each agreement’s entry into force.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 30/01/2023 14:48:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1580238

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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, whether she had discussions at the World Economic Forum on restoration of the WTO rules-based trade regime.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	131297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State had important discussions at the World Economic Forum on strengthening the multilateral trading system, including by achieving a fully functioning World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system. These included bilateral meetings with the US, European Commission and other allies, a meeting with the WTO Director General, attendance at the Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate, and a WTO mini-ministerial.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 31/01/2023 14:39:42 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1565603

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
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, how many FTE civil servants in her Department worked on trade negotiations on 31 December (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	120078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>534 FTE Civil Servants were working on trade negotiations in December 2020, 513 in 2021, and 516 in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2023 17:00:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 47318 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1563699

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she expects the UK to meet the Government's target for 80 per cent of UK Trade to be carried out under Free Trade Agreements.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	114754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government has secured trade agreements with 71 countries plus the EU. These partners accounted for 63% (£814bn) of UK bilateral trade in 2021. It is important to remember that when the Government adopted this target the United States was in ongoing talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK but has since taken a different approach to FTA talks under the Biden administration. The US is 16.6% of our total global trade. We continue to make progress, signing three Memoranda of Understanding at state-level to facilitate trade and investment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Our Free Trade Agreement programme continues at unprecedented pace and scale. We are negotiating with seven partners concurrently – India, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Canada, Mexico, Israel and Greenland. We are also in preparations to begin negotiations on new trade deals with Switzerland and South Korea.</p><p> </p><p>We have an ambitious programme, but it is the substance of trade deals that is important, not the timing.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/01/2023 14:58:46 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1552192

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
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 the potential merits of conducting environmental impact assessments on future trade agreements that the Government seeks to negotiate; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	111513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to producing scoping assessments which are published at the point of launching a negotiation. These include a preliminary assessment of the potential implications for the environment. It has also committed to publishing an impact assessment at the point of signature, which include a more detailed assessment of the likely environmental impacts.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to assess environmental impacts in these documents. It also runs public consultations ahead of commencing trade negotiations on any new trade agreement.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/12/2022 15:48:37 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1538823

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department estimates the UK’s GDP to increase by in the next 10 years as a result of current trade deals made since Brexit.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	77626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Our published impact assessments set out the potential marginal long-run impacts of new free trade agreements on the United Kingdom’s GDP. Agreements with Japan, Australia and New Zealand are part of a set of deals with 71 countries plus the EU that the government has negotiated. These partners accounted for £814bn of UK bilateral trade in 2021.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 14/11/2022 15:51:01 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1537816

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of UK international trade is covered by free trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	74828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>We have an ambitious programme of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations to help our nation become a truly Global Britain.  The UK Government has already secured trade agreements with 71 countries plus the EU, partners that accounted for 63.1% (£814bn) of UK bilateral trade in 2021. Our FTA programme continues at pace, with trade negotiations currently live with eight markets – India, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Canada, Mexico, Israel and Greenland, as well as negotiating a Digital Trade Agreement with Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/11/2022 12:45:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 31104 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1536004

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when Government (a) Ministers and (b) Officials last held discussions with representatives of (i) the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCR) and (ii) the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on inclusion of (A) labour clauses or chapters and (B) the protection and promotion of human rights in trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	71282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has high regard for workers' rights, and we are clear that there will be no reduction in UK labour protections in signing up to new Free Trade Agreements. The UK takes our commitments to the International Labour Organization very seriously and encourage our partners to do the same.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the UK is a leading advocate for human rights around the world and we remain committed to the promotion of universal human rights. This is usually undertaken separately to negotiations on free trade agreements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/11/2022 15:27:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1536008

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking promote the right to (a) health care, (b) education, (c) food, (d) water and sanitation and (e) employment within trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	71283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a leading advocate for human rights around the world and we remain committed to the promotion of universal human rights. This is usually undertaken separately to negotiations on free trade agreements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 71285 question first answered 23/11/2022 15:22:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1519799

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Investment to the Chair of the International Arrangements Committee of 19 May 2022, how many sitting days' notice his Department would require for a debate on a new free trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	59803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2022 answer text <p>The scheduling of Parliamentary business is not a matter for the Department for International Trade.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made clear it will seek to facilitate requests for debates on free trade agreements, subject to the availability of parliamentary time. The Department for International Trade will continue to work with colleagues across Government to support effective scrutiny of Free Trade Agreements.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 14/10/2022 09:14:43 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury