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1299604

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Fairtrade Initiative: 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 her Department is taking to ensure that fair trade goods continue to have access to UK markets under new trading arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	163332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and Generalised Scheme of Preferences support developing countries to export agricultural products and other goods to the UK. We have secured EPAs with 30 African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries, covering<del class="ministerial"> over</del> £18bn of trade. We plan to deepen our EPA agreements and expand them to new countries in the future.</p><p>Independent certification schemes, such as Fairtrade, which set standards on social, economic and environmental issues for companies, continue to operate within the context of UK trading arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/03/2021 11:32:14 question first ministerially corrected 09/03/2021 14:14:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 88379 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1299623

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether current licences for components for bombs issued on 4 August 2020 include contracts for Raytheon Systems UK to deliver Paveway IVs or components thereof to Saudi Arabia; and whether she has made an assessment of the effect of the the US and Italian Government's decisions to suspend or revoke certain sales and export licences to Saudi Arabia on the UK export of aerial ground-attack munitions and their components to Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	163319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>HM Government will continue to take its export responsibilities seriously and assess all export licences in accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (the ‘Consolidated Criteria’). The decisions of other countries are matters for them.</p><p> </p><p>Disclosure of information relating to private contracts between businesses would be inappropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 09/03/2021 15:53:18 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1299329

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
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: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she plans to announce the launch of a consultation on the 232 rebalancing tariffs applied to US products.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	162626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is planning to launch a consultation on the rebalancing measures the UK is taking in response to the US unjustified tariffs on steel, aluminium and derivatives later this year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/03/2021 15:47:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1299361

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Forced Labour: Uyghurs
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 ensure that UK companies are not complicit in the use of Uyghur forced labour in the (a) manufacture of products of (b) chains of supply.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	162696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has been taking forward measures to help make sure British businesses are not complicit in violations of rights and responsibilities in Xinjiang, as announced in Parliament by the Foreign Secretary on 12<sup>th</sup> January. This includes a review of export controls as they apply to Xinjiang, to make sure that we are doing everything that we can to prevent the export of any goods that could directly or indirectly contribute to any such violations. It includes updating our Overseas Business Risk guidance too, underlining the specific risks faced by companies with links to Xinjiang and the challenges of conducting effective due diligence there.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to advise businesses with supply chain links in Xinjiang to conduct appropriate due diligence to satisfy themselves that their activities do not support, or risk being seen to be supporting, any violations of rights or responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 08/03/2021 10:15:46 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1296831

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
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 24 February 2021 to Question 154868, how the total for export wins reported by her Department in its 2019-20 annual report was calculated; and what that figure was by quarter.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	161707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>An Export or Outward Direct Investment Win is a deal, contract, sale, or other specific type of agreement for an eligible UK company resulting from support provided by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and captures the expected value of the Win up to a five-year period. DIT creates a Win record using a digtal framework. Once entered, the UK customer which received support is required to confirm the Win details. A Win counts once it has been confirmed. It is the sum of these wins (post validation) that is reported.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is not able to provide, reliably, the breakdowns requested.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 161708 question first answered 05/03/2021 11:08:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1296832

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
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 Investment
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 24 February 2021 to Question 154868, how the total for outward direct investment wins reported by her Department in its 2019-20 annual report was calculated; and what that figure was by quarter.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	161708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>An Export or Outward Direct Investment Win is a deal, contract, sale, or other specific type of agreement for an eligible UK company resulting from support provided by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and captures the expected value of the Win up to a five-year period. DIT creates a Win record using a digtal framework. Once entered, the UK customer which received support is required to confirm the Win details. A Win counts once it has been confirmed. It is the sum of these wins (post validation) that is reported.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is not able to provide, reliably, the breakdowns requested.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 161707 question first answered 05/03/2021 11:08:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1296833

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the 6 July 2020 publication Statistics on DIT export support objectives (2019 to 2020), what (a) proportion and (b) value of total export wins recorded by her Department in the first three quarters of 2019-20 were over £50 million.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	161709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is not able to provide, reliably, the breakdowns requested.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 161710 161711 161712 161713 161714 question first answered 05/03/2021 11:23:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1296834

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
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 6 July 2020 publication Statistics on DIT export support objectives (2019 to 2020), what (a) proportion and (b) value of total export wins recorded by her Department in the first three quarters of 2019-20 were led by, or contributed to by, departmental teams in the English regions.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	161710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is not able to provide, reliably, the breakdowns requested.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 161709 161711 161712 161713 161714 question first answered 05/03/2021 11:23:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1296835

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
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 6 July 2020 publication Statistics on DIT export support objectives (2019 to 2020), what her Department's validated export wins over £50 million recorded from the first to third quarters of the financial year 2019/20 were, by English region where that data is available.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	161711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is not able to provide, reliably, the breakdowns requested.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 161709 161710 161712 161713 161714 question first answered 05/03/2021 11:23:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1296836

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
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 6 July 2020 publication Statistics on DIT export support objectives (2019 to 2020), what her Department's validated export wins over £50 million were from the first to third quarters of the financial year 2019/20, by target overseas region where that data is available.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	161712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is not able to provide, reliably, the breakdowns requested.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 161709 161710 161711 161713 161714 question first answered 05/03/2021 11:23:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry