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1685508

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to support businesses impacted by the suspension of trade negotiations with Canada.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	11776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The pause in negotiations does not impact our existing trade agreement with Canada, which underpins £25.9bn worth of trade a year. This agreement is comprehensive. It maintains zero tariffs on food and drink and a wide range of industrial goods, guarantees UK services companies access to the Canadian market, and protects Intellectual Property.</p><p><br>We continue to work closely with dairy exporters to monitor the impact on recent changes to market access arrangements on cheese. We are also engaging extensively with businesses who may be impacted by impending changes to the arrangements for rules of origin.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/02/2024 11:56:28 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1676391

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of extending exports to Canada under the Trade Continuity Agreement Cheese Letters beyond 31 December 2023,.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	5894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>Negotiations with Canada on this issue are ongoing. Maintaining current market access for our dairy sector is a top priority. The UK has longstanding rights to access the Canadian market through our membership at the WTO. We continue to make this clear to the Canadian government at all levels.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/12/2023 17:38:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1674021

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether negotiating objectives for a trade deal with Canada include the option of retaining an entry price system which could require certain types of fruit and vegetables to have a pre-determined import price or have a tariff applied.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	4321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The EU’s Entry Price System was removed by the UK with the introduction of the UK Global Tariff in 2021. Market access negotiations between Canada and the UK are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/12/2023 15:56:47 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1674024

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her negotiating objectives for a new trade deal with Canada include access to cheese tariff rate quotas similar for those in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	4322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Negotiations with Canada on market access are ongoing. Both countries share the view that free and fair trade is good for economies, good for business and good for consumers. The UK’s key aim is to secure comprehensive access for UK agricultural goods into the Canadian market through the reduction or elimination of tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/12/2023 15:59:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1674025

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether negotiations on a UK-Canada trade deal will include an extension to the rules of arguing provision and annual origin quotas for certain agricultural products.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	4323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Negotiations with Canada on this issue are ongoing. The UK is seeking to develop simple and modern rules of origin that reflect UK industry requirements and consider existing, as well as future, supply chains supported by predictable and low-cost administrative arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/12/2023 15:57:58 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1606591

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in negotiating a new trade agreement with Canada; and when they expect an agreement to be reached.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL6729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>We have an ambitious programme of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations to help our nation become a truly Global Britain. We have completed two rounds of negotiations with Mexico, and three rounds of negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council. The fifth round of negotiations with Canada concluded on 24 March.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to concluding negotiations at the earliest opportunity, but it is the substance of trade deals that is important, not the timing.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston grouped question UIN HL6728 HL6730 question first answered 29/03/2023 11:07:42 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1587492

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with (a) colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions and (b) negotiators on the UK-Canada Free Trade Deal on any clauses that would end the freeze on State Pension payments to UK pensioners residing in Canada.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	148851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade and Department for Work and Pensions agree that social security arrangements are not a trade issue. Therefore, the UK will not be seeking any clauses to end the freeze on State Pension payments to UK pensioners residing in Canada in the UK-Canada Free Trade Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to him by the Minister for Pensions on 10 February 2023, UIN:<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-07/141589" target="_blank">141589</a> about HMG’s social security relationship with Canada.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 28/02/2023 13:55:44 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1505573

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
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: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on trade negotiations with Canada.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	48394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across our Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. The Department is currently delivering seven FTA negotiations and the number of staff working on these at any point in time will change depending on the stage and scale of the deal. Staff also often work across multiple negotiations so it is not possible to quantify the number for each negotiation.</p><p>As of August 2022, DIT had approximately 460 staff working in the Trade Negotiations Group. This figure does not include other staff in DIT who also contribute to trade negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 48391 48392 48393 question first answered 27/09/2022 16:02:55 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1463122

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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 Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on securing a UK-Canada trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	2567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>At the beginning of 2022, the Department for International Trade had just over 600 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff working directly on trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across our free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations. The number of staff working on an FTA at any one time will change depending on the stage and scale of the negotiations. Staff will also often be working across multiple negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/05/2022 16:10:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1402345

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
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: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made on trade negotiations with Canada.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	102803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich to the answer given by my Hon. Friend, the Minister for International Trade, on 25 November, UIN: 79336.</p><p>Work continues on developing the British negotiating mandate, and we look forward to formally commencing talks this year. On 13 December 2021 HM Government of Canada notified its Parliament of intentions to begin negotiations with the UK, triggering a 90-day notification period which, we are advised, must be completed before negotiations can commence for Canada.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/01/2022 12:31:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan