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1173936

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether representatives of (a) Shell International, (b) BP and (c) other oil and gas companies were invited to the UK-Africa Investment Summit.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	9153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>More than 1,700 people attended the UK-Africa Investment Summit on 20 January 2020. This included Leaders and Ministers from African Governments, CEOs and senior representatives from African and British businesses, institutional investors, international organisations, financial institutions and civil society. Businesses from a wide range of sectors were invited, including the oil and gas sector.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/02/2020 16:01:39 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1173656

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the outcomes of the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020 were in respect to the consolidation of trading partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK-Africa Investment Summit brought together businesses, governments and international institutions to showcase and promote the breadth and quality of investment opportunities across Africa.</p><p>At the Summit, we announced the Trade Connect programme, which will help developing countries, benefit from the UK’s post-Brexit preferential trade arrangements by providing £20 million over 5 years to assist businesses to export more.</p><p>Through the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, the UK intends to put in place a trade preference scheme that maintains the preferential market access we currently offer to 35 African developing countries trading under the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP).</p><p>We are also rolling over the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and Association Agreements (AAs). We have signed trade agreements with eleven African countries and are seeking to conclude agreements with a further seven countries.</p><p>We will work with African partners to deepen and widen our existing trade agreements and make the UK’s preference scheme work better for them.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/02/2020 15:59:07 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1172204

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Africa-UK Investment Summit will be an annual event.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	6102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>This Summit achieved its objectives of laying the foundations for a new stronger relationship between the UK and Africa based on mutually beneficial trade and investment, which will deliver for all our people. Following our departure from the European Union, the Government will build further on these foundations, in a range of ways, to realise the UK’s ambition to be the investment partner of choice for Africa, to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and to ensure the mutual prosperity of all our nations.</p><p> </p><p>I have placed a copy of the UK Government’s statement on the Summit in the Library of the House. The statement is also available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-government-statement-on-the-uk-africa-investment-summit" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/01/2020 13:31:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1172206

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the outcomes of the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020 were; and what plans he has to support to grassroots partnerships developed as a result of that summit.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	6103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Summit laid the foundations for new partnerships between the UK and African nations based on trade, investment, shared values and mutual interest. Billions of pounds of new commercial deals were announced highlighting the strength of the UK’s offer and existing relationship with Africa.</p><p>The UK also announced new initiatives and funding which will: strengthen the joint trading relationship, support African countries in their ambition to transform their economies, launch a major new partnership with the city of London, turbo-charge infrastructure financing, and enable Africa’s clean energy potential. For example, the Government announced it will be scaling up its Financial Sector Deepening Network programme by a further £320mn. This programme is aimed at strengthening financial systems across Africa to make them more attractive to international investors by providing support to countries to meet global standards and by deepening and driving cross-border banking across the continent.</p><p>I have placed a copy of the UK Government’s statement on the Summit in the Library of the House. The statement is also available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-government-statement-on-the-uk-africa-investment-summit" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/01/2020 13:31:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1172277

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to the UK-Africa Investment Summit; and whether that funding was classified as Overseas Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	6139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>As with all such Government events, the full costing will be available in due course. 2020 UK ODA spend, including for this Summit, will be reported in Statistics on International Development, published by DFID in Autumn 2021.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/01/2020 13:45:29 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1172318

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
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 16 January 2020 to Question 2474, what businesses (a) were invited to and (b) attended the UK-Africa Investment Summit on 20 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	6060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Subject to data disclosure rules I will write to the Hon Member as soon as I can with more information. A copy of this letter will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 30/01/2020 17:20:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 3151 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1172319

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
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 16 January 2020 to Question 2476, what businesses invited to the January 2020 UK-Africa Investment Summit (a) operate and (b) have interests in the (i) fossil fuel exploration, production or transportation, (ii) aviation, (iii) agrochemicals and (iv) genetically modified crop sectors.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	6061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Summit brought together hundreds of UK and African business representatives from a wide-range of sectors. We do not hold a central list of which companies operate or invest in which industries.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/01/2020 17:36:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1171933

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of his departmental budget was allocated to funding accommodation for attendees of the UK-Africa investment summit 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	5573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>As with all such Government events, the full costing will be available in due course. 2020 UK ODA spend, including for this Summit, will be reported in Statistics on International Development, published by DFID in Autumn 2021.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 5574 question first answered 23/01/2020 08:20:50 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1171934

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was allocated to food costs for the UK-Africa investment summit 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	5574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>As with all such Government events, the full costing will be available in due course. 2020 UK ODA spend, including for this Summit, will be reported in Statistics on International Development, published by DFID in Autumn 2021.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 5573 question first answered 23/01/2020 08:20:50 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1171936

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) Ministers and (b) representatives from African countries that had their application for a visa denied ahead of the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	5575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>All UK Visa applications are considered on their individual merits and in line with the UK Immigration Rules: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules</a>, which set out the requirements to visit the UK. These requirements apply to all visitors to the UK and the onus is on the applicant to demonstrate that they satisfy the immigration rules.</p><p>Information on the number and proportion of grants and refusals of visitor visas is published in the Home Office’s quarterly Immigration Statistics, at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 5576 question first answered 23/01/2020 17:23:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain