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1565011

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date	09/01/2023
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: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of cooperation agreements between the national health services in the UK and India on intellectual property matters.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	118847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not believe that the UK National Health Service has any cooperation mechanisms with India on intellectual property matters related to health services.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2023 17:49:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1564526

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
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: India
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 is taking to ensure continued access to generic medicines from India through the India Free Trade Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	117467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Stockport on 1 December 2022, UIN 97778.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2023 10:56:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1420799

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 potential merits of supporting a temporary patent waiver for covid-19 vaccines to ensure developing countries have equitable access to vaccine supply.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	120643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2022 answer text <p>The waiver proposed at the World Trade Organisation goes beyond patents and vaccines, encompassing most intellectual property on all COVID-19-related products and technologies with no geographical or duration limits.</p><p> </p><p>While HM Government remains open to initiatives that will help with equitable vaccine distribution and their prompt administration, there is no evidence that waiving intellectual property protections would advance this objective. Rather, it would dismantle the framework which has and will continue to develop Covid-19 products, like vaccines, which are positively contributing to the global pandemic response, enabling vaccination of key workers like seafarers and medical staff both domestically and internationally.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/02/2022 14:18:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1331957

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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: Dispute Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many deals the UK is a signatory to that contain Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	13853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has investment agreements containing Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions with over 90 trading partners. This includes the vast majority of the UK’s bilateral investment treaties and the Energy Charter Treaty.</p><p> </p><p>There has never been a successful claim brought against the United Kingdom nor has the threat of potential claims affected the Government’s legislative programme.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/06/2021 09:16:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1219164

registered interest
date	30/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Cars: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to maintain pedestrian protection standards for cars imported from (a) the US and (b) other countries in its negotiation of trade deals for after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	66812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>HM Government has been clear that we will not lower British standards as a part of future free trade agreements.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 06/07/2020 11:36:31 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1199814

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Riot Control Weapons: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will (a) suspend exports of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to the US in response to the recent steps taken by police against protestors and (ii) launch an investigation into whether British weapons were used by the US police against protestors; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	53309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade and I have been sorry to see the violence that has taken place in the United States of America.</p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (‘Consolidated Criteria’). In reaching a decision, the Department for International Trade receives advice from a number of Departments including the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Together, we draw on all available information, including reports from NGOs and our diplomatic missions. The Consolidated Criteria provides a thorough risk assessment framework and requires us to think hard about the impact of exporting any equipment. These are not decisions my Department takes lightly, and we will not license the export of items where to do so would be inconsistent with the Consolidated Criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Any licence granted by my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade may be subject to conditions. In addition, in line with the Consolidated Criteria, my Department is able to review licences – and suspend or revoke as necessary – when circumstances require. There are currently <del class="ministerial">nine</del> <ins class="ministerial">eight </ins>extant licences that may be linked to law enforcement agencies. Six are Open Individual Export Licences (‘OIELs’), which have potential end users that include law enforcement agencies. <del class="ministerial">Three</del> <ins class="ministerial">Two </ins>are Standard Individual Export Licences (‘SIELs’), which have numerous potential end users that include law enforcement agencies. There are also 15 Open General Licences (‘OGLs’) for which businesses can register that cover the export of anti-riot gear.</p><p> </p><p>Much information is in the public domain already. We publish information on all export licences issued, refused and revoked on a quarterly and annual basis as official statistics on GOV.UK – at: gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data – and whilst data on actual exports is not required to be centrally held, the licences issued until the end of December 2019 are available.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 08/06/2020 17:06:06 question first ministerially corrected 15/06/2020 09:18:11 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena previous answer version 26655 answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1197632

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: NHS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the the protection of the National Health Service from future trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	49596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>HM Government has been clear that the NHS will remain free at the point of need.</p><p>When HM Government is negotiating trade agreements, we have been clear that the NHS will not be on the table. The price the NHS pays for drugs will not be on the table. The services the NHS provides will not be on the table. The NHS is not, and never will be, for sale to the private sector, whether overseas or at home.</p><p>The Department for International Trade works closely with a number of Departments as part of the policy-making process, including the Department for Health and Social Care, to make sure that these rigorous protections are included. Our position was reaffirmed in our negotiating objectives for a Free Trade Agreement with the United States of America, published on 2<sup>nd</sup> March 2020.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 02/06/2020 11:52:42 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman