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1276483

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps she has taken to ensure continuity of trading relationships for UK businesses after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	910758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>In under two years, HM Government has secured trade deals with 63 countries, which covered £217 billion of trade in 2019. Taken alongside our recent deal with the European Union, trade with countries worth £897 billion in 2019 is now covered. No country, anywhere in the world, at any point in history, has conducted trade negotiations concurrently on this scale nor with our ambition.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 14/01/2021 12:00:44 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1276484

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps she has taken to ensure continuity of trading relationships for UK businesses after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	910766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>In under two years, HM Government has secured trade deals with 63 countries, which covered £217 billion of trade in 2019. Taken alongside our recent deal with the European Union, trade with countries worth £897 billion in 2019 is now covered. No country, anywhere in the world, at any point in history, has conducted trade negotiations concurrently on this scale nor with our ambition.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 14/01/2021 12:08:46 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1276485

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps she has taken to ensure continuity of trading relationships for UK businesses after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	910776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>In under two years, HM Government has secured trade deals with 63 countries, which covered £217 billion of trade in 2019. Taken alongside our recent deal with the European Union, trade with countries worth £897 billion in 2019 is now covered. No country, anywhere in the world, at any point in history, has conducted trade negotiations concurrently on this scale nor with our ambition.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 14/01/2021 12:16:53 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1276486

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to agree a free trade agreement with the US.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	910762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>We have made great progress in negotiations and are in an excellent position to strengthen the economic partnership between our two countries through a Free Trade Agreement. We congratulate Katherine Tai on her nomination to be appointed United States Trade Representative by the incoming administration and look forward to working with her.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/01/2021 14:27:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1276487

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of UK exports.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	910763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>Before the pandemic hit, global trade was already in trouble. Nine out of the top ten exporting countries – including China, Japan, Germany, and the USA – all saw their exports fall in 2019 (according to UNCTAD data). The one exception to this was the United Kingdom, which overtook France to become the world’s fifth largest exporter. Our exports increased by 4.2% to £689.3bn in 2019. Latest figures show that UK exports in the 12 months to September 2020 were £624.8bn, down 7.7% on same period last year.</p><p> </p><p>Sources: ‘UNCTAD Goods and Services (BPM6): Exports and imports of goods and services, annual’ and ‘ONS Balance of Payments UK, July to September 2020’.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/01/2021 15:12:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1276488

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Nuclear Reactors: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department has taken to promote the export of British manufactured small modular nuclear reactors.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	910765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>DIT recognises the export potential of UK manufactured small modular reactors and we are providing support to industry in several countries to facilitate market entry and position them for success ahead of first production. We are also in discussions with industry about developing a more strategic “Whole of Government” approach to support overseas sales.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/01/2021 12:33:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1276489

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Business: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on businesses in North East England that trade internationally.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	910767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Trade and Cooperation Agreement is the first free trade agreement the EU has reached based on zero tariffs and quotas and is fantastic news for the North East. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement includes Rules of Origin that frequently exceed what the EU has previously agreed. For example, innovative rules to support trade in electric vehicles will benefit our world-leading car manufacturers including in the North East.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/01/2021 12:40:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1276699

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Imports: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with HMRC to simplify the application of VAT charges on imported goods.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	137887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC), HM Treasury and the Department for International Trade work closely together to ensure the interests of traders are taken into account in developing HM Government’s policies on Value Added Tax (VAT) and helping businesses understand the policies.</p><p> </p><p>Following the end of the transition period, businesses can account for import VAT on goods from European Union (EU) and non-EU countries through their periodic VAT returns, helping with their cash flow. Changes to other VAT rules on the import of goods have been made to address non-compliance and ensure UK high street businesses are not disadvantaged by competition from overseas businesses bringing in VAT-free imports.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/01/2021 16:01:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1276714

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Energy Charter Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans her Department has to expand the scope of investment protection in the Energy Charter Treaty to include hydrogen, biomass or other new technologies; what assessment she has made of the implications of such an expansion; and will she make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	137869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>Member States of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) are currently engaged in a process to modernise the Treaty. The UK will ensure that, as the modernisation process develops, the Treaty delivers for the Government’s priorities and will consider, together with ECT members, the case for extending the scope of the ECT to include additional forms of energy and energy technologies.</p><p>We welcome the role of the ECT in ensuring consistent legal protection for UK investors operating abroad. This means that UK companies investing in other countries that have signed the Treaty have more protection for their assets, including renewable energy production.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/01/2021 10:22:11 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1276715

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Energy Charter Treaty: Fossil Fuels
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 excluding existing and future investments in fossil fuels from the scope of investment protection in the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT); what assessment she has made of the effect of such an exclusion on the modernisation of the ECT; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	137870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom supports the renegotiation of the investment protection provisions in the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), which seek to bring the Treaty in line with modern investment treaty practices. We have not made a policy decision to seek the exclusion of fossil fuel investments from coverage by the ECT nor have we assessed the likely effect if such an exclusion was made.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/01/2021 14:42:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas