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date	06/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Chambers of Commerce: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding her Department and its predecessor Department allocated to the (a) Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce, (b) British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, (c) British Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, (d) UK-India Business Council, (e) Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce and (f) British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	17249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade and the former Department for International Trade have not provided any funding to the Chambers of Commerce requested except for the UK-India Business Council. The funding provided to it is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 (October-March inclusive)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£441,344.54</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,428,243.20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,269,682.03</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,955,098.94</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,499,191.33</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,311,455.20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,059,669.00</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£828,695.00</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,115,025.00</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£270,835.00</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/03/2024 11:58:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1688593

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Tractors: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she will make an assessment of the potential impact of tariffs on battery electric truck tractors on net zero targets.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	13677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK's trade policy is intended to support the achievement of government objectives and is kept under review. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles works across government to support the transition to zero emission vehicles. Zero Emission vehicles will help the UK decarbonise and Government remains committed to the Net Zero 2050 target.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/02/2024 14:23:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1687520

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Import Duties: South America
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Appendix 1, Section B, Subsection 1, A, 2 of the Annex Modifications to Annex 1 to the UK-Andean Trade Agreement, signed in Quito on 15 May 2019, CP 122, what the (a) timing and (b) process is of the examination of the improvement of tariff liberalisation of goods included in staging category BA; against what criteria she plans to assess the potential impact of that improvement; what plans she has to consult countries potentially affected; and whether she plans to publish an impact assessment.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	12909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The examination of goods included in Appendix 1, Section B, Subsection 1, A, 2 of the Annex Modifications to Annex 1 to the UK-Andean Trade Agreement must take place within two years of entry into force of the UK-Andean Countries Trade Agreement. The agreement entered into force for all parties in June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>In the review, the UK will consider the interests of businesses and consumers alongside our development objectives. The Government will engage stakeholders and meet our existing commitments for consultation in the UK-Cariforum Economic Partnership Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to publish an impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/02/2024 13:54:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas