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540113

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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, what representations he has received from non-governmental organisations on the reported use of arms sold by Britain to Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	43357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>There have been no representations from non-governmental organisations on the reported use of arms sold by Britain to Saudi Arabia in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 05/09/2016 16:59:47 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

540120

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Trade Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate his Department has made of how long it will take to negotiate the UK's membership of the World Trade Organisation when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	43432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK is a Member of the WTO in its own right. However, in leaving the EU, we will need to update the terms of our WTO membership where, at present, our commitments are applied through the EU as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the need to work with the EU and with other WTO Members in order to ensure a smooth transition which minimises the disruption to our trading relationships with other WTO Members, including developing country Members and our closest trading partners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 26/07/2016 14:38:45 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

540121

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade negotiators are employed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	43433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Rt hon Member will be aware that my Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has created a new Department for International Trade, which is responsible for promoting British trade across the world and ensuring the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. We are building up our trade policy capability. ​The new Department has begun a process to recruit and train staff to work on the UK’s trade policy. We will adapt the resource devoted to trade policy in line with future demands.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 43398 43430 question first answered 01/09/2016 08:42:49 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

540122

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate his Department has made of how long it will take to negotiate bilateral trade deals with (a) USA, (b) China, (c) Japan, (d) Canada and (e) other large non-EU trading partners once the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	43431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Rt hon Member to the answer of 21 July to UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-07-13/42585/" target="_blank">42585</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/09/2016 08:45:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

540123

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate his Department has made of how long it will take to negotiate a trade deal with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	43429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>It is in the interests of all parties to secure an agreement that provides the basis for the fullest possible market access. The timescale will partly be determined by the discussions held prior to Brexit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 25/07/2016 14:24:04 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

540124

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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 plans his Department has to hire third party contractors to support its work on trade negotiations; what the duration of such contracts will be; and what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of such contractors over the lifetime of those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	43398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Rt hon Member will be aware that my Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has created a new Department for International Trade, which is responsible for promoting British trade across the world and ensuring the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. We are building up our trade policy capability. ​The new Department has begun a process to recruit and train staff to work on the UK’s trade policy. We will adapt the resource devoted to trade policy in line with future demands.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 43430 43433 question first answered 01/09/2016 08:42:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

540125

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of trade negotiators required to negotiate the UK's trade deals when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	43430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Rt hon Member will be aware that my Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has created a new Department for International Trade, which is responsible for promoting British trade across the world and ensuring the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. We are building up our trade policy capability. ​The new Department has begun a process to recruit and train staff to work on the UK’s trade policy. We will adapt the resource devoted to trade policy in line with future demands.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 43398 43433 question first answered 01/09/2016 08:42:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

540126

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the time that will be required for the UK to reach a trade deal with the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	43352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>It is in the interests of all parties to secure an agreement that provides the basis for the fullest possible market access. The timescale will partly be determined by the discussions held prior to Brexit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 25/07/2016 14:26:09 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

539191

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to establish a scheme to retrain as trade negotiators people with experience of high level intergovernmental and global institutional practice.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL1267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has created the Department for International Trade, which is responsible for promoting British trade across the world and ensuring the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. We are building up our trade policy capability. ​The Department has begun a process to recruit and train staff to work on the UK’s trade policy. We will adapt the resource devoted to trade policy in line with future demands.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 25/07/2016 14:12:13 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

539724

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent officials in (a) his Department and (b) other government departments work in the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines; and what the grades are of those officials.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	43211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>(a) The current allocation for staff in the UK National Contact Point is half a Grade 7, one full-time Senior executive officer and one full-time Higher executive officer.</p><p> </p><p>(b) None in other Departments.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/07/2016 16:51:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman