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1457636

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date	21/04/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Religious Freedom: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the encouragement of freedom of religion and belief in member countries is discussed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Rwanda in June 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	154051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Commonwealth Charter, to which all Commonwealth members are committed, emphasises 'the need to promote tolerance, respect, understanding, moderation and religious freedom'. The UK looks forward to a re-affirmation of the Charter's values at the Kigali Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 26/04/2022 14:57:38 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1457679

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Aviation: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the outcomes of funding awards provided by the Future Flight Challenge to date.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	154460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Future Flight challenge has to date supported 48 ambitious R&amp;D projects, committing £32m of funding, most of which is supporting smaller businesses. The evaluation is underway, and we are seeing promising signs such as high levels of industrial support, the creation of skilled jobs and several industry ‘firsts’ being delivered.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/04/2022 16:59:16 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1459021

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
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 securing UK membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	906465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK recently reached a major milestone in the accession process to CPTPP, by moving to market access negotiations with this trading bloc.</p><p> </p><p>These negotiations will see new, beneficial trading relationships agreed with CPTPP members. Tariffs will be reduced on UK goods exports, and services markets will open up further to British business, through advanced provisions that facilitate digital trade and modern rules on data. We aim to conclude negotiations by the end of 2022.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/04/2022 16:28:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1459022

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Exports
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 has taken to increase exports of digital services.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	906467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of seizing the benefits of digital trade, including through our FTA programme. For example, the UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement, signed in February, represents the most innovative digital trade agreement ever signed. Already, DIT has engaged nearly 100 companies through a webinar and trade mission on the benefits of the deal for business. The Department also has a Digital Exporting Programme which helps SME to increase exports through digital channels, for example those in the music industry. So far, the Programme has supported in excess of 10,000 companies.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 21/04/2022 16:27:58 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1459023

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Central Asia
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 increase trade with central Asian countries.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	906468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>Fast growing economies such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan provide an abundance of opportunities for British business across a wide range of sectors.</p><p> </p><p>My Department is supporting British business to grab these opportunities through trade dialogues and regular business to business exchanges, including the annual United Kingdom-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Commission that I co-chaired late last year in Astana.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to remove trade barriers with Uzbekistan too.For example, an update to their Intellectual Property regime, removing barriers for British businesses could be worth over £11million per year.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 21/04/2022 16:26:54 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1459024

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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: USA
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 been made on securing a free trade agreement with the United States.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	906470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>We have had five productive rounds of negotiations to date and agreed a significant proportion of legal text across multiple chapters.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade attended the first UK-US Future of Atlantic Trade Dialogue last month and hosted the second in Aberdeen this week to progress mutual priorities with USTR Katherine Tai.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/04/2022 15:27:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

1459025

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which UK free trade agreements support women's rights and gender equality.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Ms Anum Qaisar
uin	906472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Promoting gender equality and women’s economic empowerment is central to the Government’s ‘Modernising Trade’ agenda and features explicitly in UK negotiation objectives.</p><p> </p><p>We are using our FTAs to open new opportunities for women. We have already secured dedicated chapters with Japan, Australia, and New Zealand as well as important additional commitments across these agreements.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/04/2022 15:20:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4917 label Biography information for Ms Anum Qaisar

1458663

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what recent discussions he has had with the COP President-designate and states party to the UNFCCC on the implications for the COP27 agenda of current trends in global energy markets.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Philip Dunne
uin	906489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text Colleagues in the COP Unit and I speak very regularly with our Egyptian partners on a range of matters.<p>Last month I also attended and spoke to Energy and Climate Ministers at the International Energy Agency’s annual Ministerial where Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and global energy markets were front and centre of discussions.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/04/2022 16:59:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1458664

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Energy: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of domestic use of (a) renewables and (b) energy efficiency improvements to meeting COP26 objectives.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	906490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>The government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy set out how accelerating investment in energy efficiency and low carbon heating are essential to meeting near-term carbon budgets, decarbonising the economy by 2050 and delivering on the COP26 objectives.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/04/2022 16:56:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1458665

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of fracking on delivering the UK's COP26 commitment to tackling climate change.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	906492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>The government has commissioned the British Geological Survey to advise on the latest scientific evidence around shale gas extraction.</p><p>This in no way changes our commitment to achieving net zero, and we remain guided by the science.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/04/2022 16:57:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley