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1190304

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	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 assessment she has made of the effect on UK export licensing of the 11 December 2019 communication to the ICC calling on it to investigate UK Government-authorised exports of arms to members of the Saudi/UAE-led coalition in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	39813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, last updated in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25 March 2014, remains the policy for assessing all licence applications.</p><p>Our assessment of each export licence against the Consolidated Criteria takes into account our obligations under the Arms Trade Treaty and other relevant rules of international law.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/05/2020 16:45:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1205610

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2020
	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 Export Finance: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what processes her Department has put in place to monitor UK Export Finance's distribution of the £1 billion fund allocated to support overseas buyers of UK defence and security goods and services.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	61812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>In the March 2020 budget, UK Export Finance (UKEF) was allocated £1 billion of direct lending capacity for defence and security projects, within its £8 billion overall direct lending capacity. This £1 billion of direct lending is subject to the same monitoring processes as UKEF’s overall direct lending facility.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/06/2020 16:55:54 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

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

1303047

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Security and Policing 2021
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list the countries and territories (a) invited by UK Defence and Security Exports to attend Security and Policing 2021 and (b) that attended Security and Policing 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	169970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The countries, territories and organisations invited to attend Security and Policing 2021 are listed below. Those annotated with a * are the countries, territories and organisations that attended.</p><p> </p><p>Algeria *</p><p>Argentina</p><p>Australia *</p><p>Austria *</p><p>Bahrain</p><p>Bangladesh</p><p>Belgium *</p><p>Brazil</p><p>Bulgaria *</p><p>Canada *</p><p>Croatia *</p><p>Czech Republic *</p><p>Denmark *</p><p>Egypt *</p><p>Finland *</p><p>France</p><p>Germany</p><p>Ghana *</p><p>Greece *</p><p>Hungary *</p><p>India *</p><p>Indonesia</p><p>Iraq</p><p>Italy *</p><p>Japan *</p><p>Kenya *</p><p>Latvia *</p><p>Lithuania</p><p>Luxembourg *</p><p>Malaysia *</p><p>Mexico</p><p>Morocco *</p><p>NATO</p><p>Netherlands *</p><p>New Zealand *</p><p>Nigeria *</p><p>Norway *</p><p>Oman *</p><p>Pakistan *</p><p>Peru *</p><p>Poland *</p><p>Portugal *</p><p>Qatar</p><p>Romania *</p><p>Saudi Arabia *</p><p>Singapore *</p><p>South Africa *</p><p>South Korea *</p><p>Sweden *</p><p>Switzerland *</p><p>Taiwan *</p><p>Thailand</p><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p><p>Turkey</p><p>Ukraine *</p><p>UN *</p><p>USA *</p><p>Vietnam *</p><p> </p><p>The list of countries, territories and organisations that attended Security and Policing 2020 were:</p><p> </p><p>Australia</p><p>Belgium</p><p>Botswana</p><p>Brazil</p><p>Bulgaria</p><p>Canada</p><p>Colombia</p><p>Czech Republic</p><p>Estonia</p><p>Finland</p><p>France</p><p>Germany</p><p>Greece</p><p>Hungary</p><p>India</p><p>Indonesia</p><p>Italy</p><p>Japan</p><p>Luxembourg</p><p>Morocco</p><p>North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)</p><p>Netherlands</p><p>New Zealand</p><p>Norway</p><p>Oman</p><p>Pakistan</p><p>Peru</p><p>Poland</p><p>Portugal</p><p>Qatar</p><p>Romania</p><p>Saudi Arabia</p><p>Slovakia</p><p>South Africa</p><p>Spain</p><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p><p>Turkey</p><p>UAE</p><p>Ukraine</p><p>United Nations (UN)</p><p>United States</p><p>Uzbekistan</p><p> </p><p>The full list of countries, territories and organisations invited and those that attended Security and Policing 2020 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/security-and-policing-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/security-and-policing-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/03/2021 13:57:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1330098

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Food: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect on the environment of food imports resulting from the trade deal between the UK and Australia.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	11677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear that any deals it signs will not threaten the UK’s ability to meet its environmental commitments or its membership of international environmental agreements. The Government is seeking a deal with Australia that will further environmental and climate policy priorities and the UK will not compromise on high environmental protection.</p><p> </p><p>The Government carried out a public consultation and scoping assessment for its free trade agreement negotiation with Australia, which can be found on the Government’s website. This preliminary scoping assessment considered illustrative scenarios. Following the conclusion of negotiations, a full impact assessment will be published prior to implementation.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/06/2021 10:36:09 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1337968

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	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: Australia
	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 has taken to ensure that the free trade deal with Australia will not result in lower (a) environmental, (b) animal welfare and (c) food standards in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	17865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear that this deal will not compromise the UK’s high standards.</p><p> </p><p>Maintaining the UK’s high environmental, animal welfare and food standards is a red line in trade negotiations. This agreement does not create new permissions for imports from Australia, and any agri-food products imported into the UK will – as now – have to comply with our high import requirements and standards.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/06/2021 12:45:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1337971

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	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: Australia
	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 has taken to remove investor-state dispute settlement from the UK-Australia Free Trade Deal.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	17867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement Investment chapter will not include Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). In light of the UK-Australia investment relationship, the UK and Australia decided that it was not necessary to include ISDS.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/06/2021 09:40:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1338524

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Pesticides
	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 has taken to ensure that UK pesticide standards will be upheld during negotiations on joining in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	19712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership protects the right for members to regulate on public policy issues such as environmental standards. This includes setting regulations on pesticides. The Government will continue to ensure that its own levels of protection are based on appropriate scientific risk assessment with the protection of people and the environment being of greatest importance. The Government shares the public’s high regard for the UK’s environmental protections and will not compromise on them. The Government has ensured in law that its existing standards will remain in place, and is clear that trade does not have to come at the expense of the environment.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/06/2021 09:49:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1540534

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Cetaceans: Faroe Islands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has taken steps to use Britain’s trade relationship with the Faroe Islands to help stop the hunting of whales, dolphins and other cetaceans on the islands.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	82455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is strongly opposed to the hunting of whales and dolphins. UK Officials have raised its concerns at many fora including at the International Whaling Commission and through Faroese representation in London. The Department for International Trade will continue to utilise the opportunities provided by our Trade Agreement to engage the Faroese authorities on this important matter, including through the Joint Committee of the agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Strong diplomatic and economic relationships with partners, enables us to have frank discussions on such issues.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/11/2022 15:40:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1216963

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2020
	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: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department allocates Official Development Assistance to programmes that are targeted at supporting women and girls.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	63293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s Gender Equality Act 2014 (an amendment to 2002 International Development Act (IDA)) legally requires all overseas development funding to meaningfully consider the impact of how it will contribute to reducing gender inequality.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 29/06/2020 10:56:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi