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1064312

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that guarantees on human rights form part of future trade negotiations with the Government of Hong Kong after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	223793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The U.K. agreed a Strategic Dialogue with Hong Kong in 2017. As part of this, we are exploring with HK a range of ambitious options for our future trade relationship.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has long supported the promotion of our values globally and this will continue as we leave the EU. We are committed to upholding the UK’s high standards and we are exploring all options in the design of future trade and investment agreements, including possible human rights provisions.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/02/2019 10:04:39 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1064362

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2019 to Question 213459 on Department for International Trade: Internet, how many downloads have been made of the Local to Global podcast to date.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	223836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As of 10am on the 22<sup>nd</sup> of February there have been a total of 8,398 downloads/listens of the ‘Local to Global’ podcast.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/02/2019 15:18:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1064008

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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: Philippines
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 replicate the terms of the EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus program for the Philippines when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	223206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Our first priority for the UK’s trade with developing countries is to deliver continuity in our trading arrangements on leaving the EU. The Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act enables the UK to put in place a trade preferences scheme for developing countries that maintains the same level of access as the EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences. Our intention is to provide the Philippines with the same level of access as it receives under the GSP+ tier of the EU’s GSP. As part of this we will expect beneficiary countries to continue to respect the conditions in GSP+.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/02/2019 10:22:12 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1064042

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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 for the inclusion of Investor-state dispute settlement clauses in trade agreements with (a) the US and (b) other countries after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	223240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing our trade and investment policy and are considering a wide range of options in the design of future bilateral trade and investment agreements. We have completed four online public consultations on potential future trade agreement negotiations with the USA, Australia, New Zealand and on the UK Government potentially seeking accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). We are now considering the responses.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has over 90 existing bilateral investment agreements in place with other countries, many of which have been in force for several decades. The right to regulate is recognised under international law and bilateral investment treaties and agreements do not seek to undermine this. There has never been a successful investor-state dispute settlement claim brought against the UK. The threat of potential claims against the UK has not affected the Government’s legislative programme or prevented the Government from regulating in the pursuit of legitimate public policy objectives, including health, environment and human rights.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/02/2019 10:08:22 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1064044

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that future trade agreements do not include Investor-state dispute settlement clauses that could undermine (a) the provision of health services, (b) environmental policy and (c) workers' rights after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	223242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing our trade and investment policy and are considering a wide range of options in the design of future bilateral trade and investment agreements. We have completed four online public consultations on potential future trade agreement negotiations with the USA, Australia, New Zealand and on the UK Government potentially seeking accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). We are now considering the responses.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has over 90 existing bilateral investment agreements in place with other countries, many of which have been in force for several decades. The right to regulate is recognised under international law and bilateral investment treaties and agreements do not seek to undermine this. There has never been a successful investor-state dispute settlement claim brought against the UK. The threat of potential claims against the UK has not affected the Government’s legislative programme or prevented the Government from regulating in the pursuit of legitimate public policy objectives, including health, environment and human rights.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/02/2019 10:08:44 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1064106

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	223517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As of 20<sup>th</sup> February, around 1.8% of DIT and UKEF’s domestic workforce are apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/02/2019 10:13:57 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1063586

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Open Individual Export Licences: Cryptography
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish the manufacturers in receipt of Open Individual Export Licences for (a) 5E002, (b) 5A002 and (c) 5D002 on UK Strategic Export Control Lists (i) 2018-04-16 to Bahrain; (ii) 2018-04-16 to Egypt; (iii) 2018-04-16 to Jordan; (iv) 2018-04-16 to Kuwait; (v) 2018-04-16 to Lebanon; (vi) 2018-04-16 to Oman; (vii) 2018-04-16 to Pakistan; (viii) 2018-04-16 to Qatar; (ix) 2018-04-16 to Saudi Arabia; and (x) 2018-04-16 to United Arab Emirates.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	222576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>I am withholding the names of those in receipt of the Open Individual Export Licences as disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/02/2019 12:08:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1063679

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the US Administration's potential demands on food standards as part of negotiations on a trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	222666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made it clear that any future deal with the US must work for UK consumers, farmers and food manufacturers as well as protecting the UK’s high standards of food safety, animal welfare and environmental protection.</p><p>It is too soon to say what would be covered in a future UK-US deal.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 21/02/2019 12:18:34 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1063710

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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 recent steps his Department has taken to ensure the UK is able to make trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	222809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Delivering the deal negotiated with the EU remains the Government’s top priority. The political declaration recognises the development of an independent UK trade policy beyond the economic partnership with the EU. Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will be free to negotiate, sign and ratify new trade agreements during the time-limited implementation period, and to bring them into force from January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We have consulted on our first four free trade agreements (FTAs), with the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). We plan to publish the Government’s response to these consultations before entering into any formal negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are building stronger relationships with large economies – such as China, India, and Brazil – through a series of Joint Trade Reviews (JTRs).</p><p> </p><p>While we are looking to forge new agreements, the Government is also seeking continuity for our existing EU trade agreements as we leave the European Union. We have made good progress, signing trade continuity agreements with Switzerland, Chile, the Eastern and Southern African (ESA) states, the Faroe Islands, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 25/02/2019 10:17:19 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1062089

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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, how his Department plans to consult Parliament in the formulation of trade negotiation mandates.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	222057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the reply I gave on 4 February to the question asked by the honourable Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) (UNI 213161).</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 22/02/2019 14:26:52 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake