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1473075

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish representations she has received on the level of protection for personal information in digital trade between the UK and Australia following publication of the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand trade deals; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	24535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>A summary of responses to our consultations on our Australia and New Zealand trade negotiations can be found on the government’s website.</p><p> </p><p>Transfers of personal data to Australia and New Zealand must continue to satisfy the UK’s high standards of data protection. The deals enshrine a requirement to maintain domestic legislation to protect data. Australia and New Zealand must also publish information on how they protect data, and how UK citizens can enforce their data rights. The UK continues to champion data protection with all Free Trade Agreement partners in line with our published Digital Trade Objectives.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/07/2022 11:19:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1470250

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Developing Countries Trading Scheme: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department plans to include human rights safeguards in its proposed Developing Countries Trading Scheme; and if she will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	17860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The detailed proposals for the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) will be published in 2022. When these proposals are published, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade will provide a written ministerial statement.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government believes that growing trading relationships increases UK influence in open conversations with partners on a range of difficult issues, including human rights. The UK will continue to show global leadership in encouraging all states to uphold international human rights obligations and hold those who violate human rights to account.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 17861 question first answered 22/06/2022 15:27:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1470252

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Developing Countries Trading Scheme: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department's proposed Developing Countries Trading Scheme will include (a) equivalent or (b) improved human rights protections in comparison to the Generalised Scheme of Preferences; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	17861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The detailed proposals for the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) will be published in 2022. When these proposals are published, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade will provide a written ministerial statement.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government believes that growing trading relationships increases UK influence in open conversations with partners on a range of difficult issues, including human rights. The UK will continue to show global leadership in encouraging all states to uphold international human rights obligations and hold those who violate human rights to account.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 17860 question first answered 22/06/2022 15:27:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1467380

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	TRIPS Agreement
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 (a) outcome of the most recent discussion at the World Trade Organisation on a comprehensive temporary waiver on the provisions of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and (b) implications for her policies of the associated proposal to mandate covid-19 healthcare technology transfers from nationally based pharmaceutical companies; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	11541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK believes that there is no evidence that a waiver of intellectual property rights would help with equitable vaccine distribution and their prompt administration. Rather, it would have the extremely negative effect of dismantling the framework which allows the development of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Instead, we are encouraging the pharmaceutical industry to continue to form additional voluntary licensing and technology transfer partnerships. Working with commercial partners and within the existing international Intellectual Property framework is the most effective way to produce life-saving medicines at pace.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 8945 question first answered 10/06/2022 10:44:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1465893

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	TRIPS Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of (a) introducing a comprehensive temporary waiver on the provisions of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement and (b) mandating covid-19 healthcare technology transfers from nationally based pharmaceutical companies; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	8945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK believes that there is no evidence that a waiver of intellectual property rights would help with equitable vaccine distribution and their prompt administration. Rather, it would have the extremely negative effect of dismantling the framework which allows the development of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Instead, we are encouraging the pharmaceutical industry to continue to form additional voluntary licensing and technology transfer partnerships. Working with commercial partners and within the existing international Intellectual Property framework is the most effective way to produce life-saving medicines at pace.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 11541 question first answered 10/06/2022 10:44:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1465894

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	TRIPS Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have met members of the pharmaceutical industry to discuss the TRIPS waiver proposal before the WTO; on what dates those meetings occurred; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	8946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>Department for International Trade officials have met regularly with a wide range of stakeholders to discuss the TRIPS waiver proposal. With regards to members of the pharmaceutical industry, officials held meetings on 3 occasions where the current TRIPS waiver proposal text was discussed, namely 11 May, 19 May, and 26 May.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/06/2022 10:14:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1465895

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: TRIPS Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the (a) objectives her Department has prioritised for the text-based negotiations on the latest TRIPS waiver text; and what constructive engagement her Department has committed to in respect of the text-based negotiations on the latest TRIPS waiver.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	8947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The WTO Membership reached a consensus-based decision on TRIPS at the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), held between 12 and 17 June 2022. The Decision focuses on streamlining compulsory licencing processes for developing countries to produce and export COVID-19 vaccines. The UK engaged constructively in the discussions, demonstrating flexibility to help broker consensus.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/06/2022 16:06:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1464389

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Barriers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade barriers to UK exporters have been recorded on the Digital Market Access Service (DMAS) database (a) in total and (b) by each region of the UK in each year since its launch; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	5311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>The Digital Market Access Service (DMAS) is used to record the barriers that British businesses face when exporting to and investing in overseas markets.</p><p> </p><p>Since the launch of DMAS in early 2019, a total of 1099 and 787 pre-existing trade barriers were registered in 2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>In those same years, 181 barriers across 61 countries and 217 barriers across 74 countries were resolved respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Our statistics and analysis are at a national level.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena grouped question UIN 4458 4459 5312 question first answered 27/05/2022 13:54:02 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1464390

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Barriers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade barriers, to UK importers, by region of the UK were (a) identified on the Digital Market Access Service database and (b) resolved in each year since 2019; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	5312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>The Digital Market Access Service (DMAS) is used to record the barriers that British businesses face when exporting to and investing in overseas markets.</p><p> </p><p>Since the launch of DMAS in early 2019, a total of 1099 and 787 pre-existing trade barriers were registered in 2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>In those same years, 181 barriers across 61 countries and 217 barriers across 74 countries were resolved respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Our statistics and analysis are at a national level.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena grouped question UIN 4458 4459 5311 question first answered 27/05/2022 13:54:02 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1464398

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many businesses were awarded a grant of between £500 and £999 through the Tradeshow Access Programme in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	5313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>The following table disaggregates how many businesses were awarded a grant of between £500-£999 in each of the last five financial years (FY) of the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of businesses awarded grants between £500-£999</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>107</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Overall, TAP provided around 12,700 grants between financial years 2016-17 to 2020-21, and the average grant value was £1,720. The programme ceased on 31 March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 30/05/2022 14:11:49 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas