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1055778

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date	06/02/2019
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, with reference to the three extant Open Individual Trade Control Licences for bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia, who manufactured those bombs and missiles; how many have been transferred under the Licences in each year since those Licences were granted; and what the value is of each such transfer in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	217627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>No Open Individual Trade Control Licences have been granted for bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia.</p><p> </p><p>We believe the question was intended to ask about the three Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs), relating to Storm Shadow and Brimstone air-to-surface missiles, manufactured by MBDA and Paveway bombs, manufactured by Raytheon.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data for the number of weapons exported under an OIEL each year. OIEL applications do not include values because OIELs are generally not restricted by quantity.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/02/2019 15:03:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1056487

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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 what assessment they have made of the Confederation of British Industry's warning that the UK may have to leave several existing trade agreements in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL13537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Implementing the Withdrawal Agreement agreed with the EU remains the Government’s preferred outcome. This can ensure the UK’s continued participation in those trade agreements that the EU has struck with third party countries.</p><p>Nevertheless, a responsible Government prepares for all eventualities and work continues to transition these agreements into a UK context in time for an exit on 29<sup>th</sup> March 2019.</p><p>The Government will update the House shortly on the progress of its continuity programme and will continue to inform the House when further agreements are signed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 20/02/2019 17:41:04 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1055003

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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: West Midlands
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 level of overseas direct investment (a) put in to the West Midlands economy and (b) invested abroad by West Midlands-based businesses in each year that information is available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	216916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>In the last three years the Department for International Trade has recorded the following overseas direct investment projects and new jobs into the West Midlands.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Projects</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New Jobs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>9,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>6,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>11,119</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department does not currently publish figures relating to UK companies investing overseas.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 11/02/2019 12:40:25 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1055016

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the agreement in principle with the Government of Israel to roll over the EU-Israel Free Trade Agreement, what specific territory that agreement applies to.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	216949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK and Israel have a strong and important trading relationship. However, we do not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), including the settlements, as part of Israel. The OPTs are not covered by the current EU-Israel Association Agreement, nor by the Continuity Agreement agreed in principle between the UK and Israel.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working to finalise the transition of the current EU Interim Association Agreement with the Palestinian Authority.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to informing Parliament as soon as agreements are signed with partner countries. The agreement will be laid in Parliament and we will be publishing a full report on trade agreements, once they are signed.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 08/02/2019 17:08:56 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1055018

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Cannabis: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has offered any financial support to companies involved in the exporting of cannabis for medicinal purposes since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	217016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>No. The Government has not offered financial support to companies involved in the exporting of licensed cannabis-based medicines since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/02/2019 14:32:08 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1055030

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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 he has to promote high food and environmental standards with the UK’s future trading partners.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	217140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is proud of our high standards of food safety and environmental protections and these will not be watered down when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>When we leave the EU, we will maintain our current standards. We will keep our existing UK legislation, and the EU Withdrawal Act will convert EU law into UK law as it applies at the moment of exit. This includes the regulatory regime for food safety, animal welfare, and regulatory product requirements for industrial goods.</p><p> </p><p>Nothing in EU trade agreements, for example the recent EU-Canada agreement (CETA), prevents the UK from regulating in the pursuit of legitimate public policy objectives.</p><p> </p><p>Future trade agreements will support sustainability and environmental goals and maintain safety and public confidence in the food we eat. We are exploring all options in the design of future bilateral trade and investment agreements, including possible environmental provisions within these taking into account results of the DIT consultation exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 14/02/2019 13:10:16 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1055102

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will place in the Library a copy of the draft UK-Israel agreement that has been agreed in principle for trading arrangements after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	216929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK and Israel have a strong and important trading relationship. However, we do not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), including the settlements, as part of Israel. The OPTs are not covered by the current EU-Israel Association Agreement, nor by the Continuity Agreement agreed in principle between the UK and Israel.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working to finalise the transition of the current EU Interim Association Agreement with the Palestinian Authority.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to informing Parliament as soon as agreements are signed with partner countries. The agreement will be laid in Parliament and we will be publishing a full report on trade agreements, once they are signed.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 08/02/2019 17:08:34 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

1055115

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the trade deal agreed in principle between the UK and Israel for trade after the UK leaves the EU announced on 23 January 2019 will continue to distinguish in relevant dealings between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	216930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK and Israel have a strong and important trading relationship. However, we do not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), including the settlements, as part of Israel. The OPTs are not covered by the current EU-Israel Association Agreement, nor by the Continuity Agreement agreed in principle between the UK and Israel.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working to finalise the transition of the current EU Interim Association Agreement with the Palestinian Authority.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to informing Parliament as soon as agreements are signed with partner countries. The agreement will be laid in Parliament and we will be publishing a full report on trade agreements, once they are signed.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 08/02/2019 17:07:42 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

1055117

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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: Ghana
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they (1) have given, and (2) plan to give to Ghana that its current duty free and quota free access to UK markets for agricultural products will continue until 1 January 2021 regardless of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations; and whether there are any other such countries to which similar assurances (a) have been, and (b) will be made.
tabling member printed	Lord Chidgey
uin	HL13443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>As the UK leaves the EU, we seek to replicate the effects of seven EU Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, including with Ghana. We are working with partners to conclude and implement agreements from 29 March 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter in the event of a “no deal” exit.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 12/02/2019 14:41:11 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	50 label Biography information for Lord Chidgey

1055119

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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: East Africa
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to restrictions on developing countries that are members of the East African Customs Union to sign reciprocal trade agreements with the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and whether they intend to extend the current duty free and quota free access to UK markets to mitigate any potential losses to such countries as a result of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Chidgey
uin	HL13444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK continues to support the implementation of the EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the East Africa Community (EAC). As and when EAC partners find a way to agree to sign the EPA, the UK will seek to replicate this agreement.</p><p>As the UK leaves the EU, we want to avoid disruption to trade with EAC partners as far as possible. The Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act enables the UK to put in place a UK trade preferences scheme for developing countries. This will grant duty-free quota-free access to UK markets for Least Developed Countries including Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan, while providing generous tariff reductions for other developing countries including Kenya.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 20/02/2019 11:29:28 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	50 label Biography information for Lord Chidgey