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798691

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hebrides Range
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether redundancy terms are being honoured for staff who have recently been made redundant at the Hebrides Range.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	117085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>No redundancies have yet been made at the Hebrides Range. QinetiQ operates the facility and some of its sub-contractors are currently considering their future resourcing requirements. This work is part of a £60 million programme of investment in the Hebrides Range that will sustain the facility until at least 2028.</p><p>The terms of any redundancies will be a matter for QinetiQ and its sub-contractors.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/12/2017 15:36:37 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

798693

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hebrides Range
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where air traffic control is undertaken for trials at the Hebrides Range.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	117087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>Air traffic control for trials undertaken at the Hebrides Range is currently carried out from the Range Control facility on South Uist.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/12/2017 15:41:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

798695

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hebrides Range
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional personnel visited the Hebrides Range in 2015 and 2017 for trials; and what estimate he has made of the number of additional personnel who will visit for trials in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	117089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>Data is not held centrally and is not broken down to differentiate between those who attend for trials and visitors for other business purposes.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/12/2017 15:40:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

798696

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hebrides Range
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many guards were employed at Hebrides Range in (a) 2010, (b) 2014 and (c) 2017; and what estimate he has made of the number of guards who will be employed in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	117090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>Fifteen guards were employed at Hebrides Range in 2010, 2014 and 2017 respectively. QinetiQ's sub-contractor is currently considering future guarding provision but no decisions have yet been made.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/12/2017 15:42:30 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

797616

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Origin Marking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work his Department has undertaken in the last two months to protect protected geographical indications?
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	116579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>In the last two months my Department has provided support to a number of new applicants to the EU Geographical Indication schemes protecting spirits, wines and agricultural products, including 7 for potential new protected food names.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to engage with and support the organisations which deliver scheme protection on the ground. This has ensured the products (including 84 from the UK) that are currently registered under these schemes are receiving appropriate protection within the UK.</p><p> </p><p>During this period we have taken action to resolve the misuse of the protected food names of 3 UK and 6 EU products on sale in the UK. This has ensured consumers can have confidence that they are getting the product that they expect.</p><p> </p><p>We are planning to use the EU (Withdrawal) Bill to transfer into domestic law the EU schemes that currently protect our geographical indications. This will ensure that UK geographical indications remain protected in the UK after we leave the EU. Defra officials are working closely with officials from other government departments, the Devolved Administrations, and the Crown Dependencies on this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/12/2017 11:50:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

794312

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Origin Marking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the value the 84 Protected Geographical Indicators add to the rural economy
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	115285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Exports of products from the UK’s 84 geographical indications (GIs) are valued at approximately £5bn per year, and about £1billion in domestic sales. Much of the production takes place in rural, often remote, areas providing vital input to local economies. This includes, for example, Scotch whisky and Scottish farmed salmon which are the UK’s two largest GI exports by value, and Welsh lamb, as well as smaller-scale products like Stornoway Black Pudding and Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese.</p><p> </p><p>GI protection acts in two ways to add value to rural economies. Firstly, it increases the value of the protected products. Academic studies suggest that UK consumers are prepared to pay between 7% and 20% more for GI products, though this varies considerably from product to product. Secondly, it protects sales volumes, particularly of exports, by preventing others from imitating the genuine article.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2017 11:53:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

792671

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Higher Education: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what target her Department has set for the level of higher education exports in the next five years; and what steps her Department plans to take to meet that target.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	114598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>A target to increase the value of exports across the education sector to £30bn by 2020 was set by the previous government. The target is rightly ambitious and the Department for International Trade (DIT) remains committed to working with the rest of government and the sector to drive progress towards achieving it.</p><p>The Government actively promotes study in the UK through the GREAT Campaign and through the British Council, which promotes the UK in over 100 countries. There continues to be no limit to the number of overseas students who can come here to study, and the UK is second only to the USA in terms of our market share.</p><p>This Government continues to support growth in UK education exports, including through the work of the team dedicated to education exports in DIT. I have recently announced the establishment of a DIT Education Sector Advisory Group, chaired by myself, which will support the aspirations of the sector internationally. The inaugural meeting is scheduled for December.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/11/2017 13:27:58 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

792673

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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 representations he has received from which countries on their seeking future trade deals with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	114600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>As the Government has set out in the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) White Paper, ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’, DIT is engaging with a broad range of partners about future trading options, including new Free Trade Agreements. The Government will aim – through Working Groups, Joint Trade Reviews and other discussions – to improve trading relations and remove barriers affecting UK businesses.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/11/2017 17:44:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

792674

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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	Intellectual Property
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 potential risks to the integrity of the UK’s intellectual property regime he has identified when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	114601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK has one of the best intellectual property (IP) regimes in the world, and leaving the EU will not change that: we will continue to deliver quality rights granting services, lead the world in enforcement and engage in international IP discussions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering options to ensure that the UK’s IP regime will continue to support business and innovation in the future.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/11/2017 10:49:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

792675

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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	Intellectual Property
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 opportunities he has identified to improve intellectual property protection in international markets as the UK negotiates new trading relationships.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	114602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Trade in intellectual property (IP) is an important part of the UK’s economy. The UK’s global exports of IP services[1] totalled £11.5 billion in 2015.[2] As the UK leaves the EU we will have the opportunity to create tailored, IP chapters with key markets to support our goal of maximising UK trade and investment opportunities globally.</p><p> </p><p>Getting the right outcome for UK inventors, creators and consumers will be key and the UK Intellectual Property Office is working closely with the Department for International Trade to identify areas where we can work collaboratively with new trading partners to improve IP protection. We will also be working closely with a wide range of stakeholders to develop our priorities around trade and IP, including Devolved Administrations, industry and consumers. <br></p><p> </p><p>[1] IP services includes direct payment for franchises and trademarks, outcomes for research and development and distribution of computer software and audio-visual products</p><p>[2] ONS Trade in Services by type of service, August 2016 (Pink Book Balance of Payments measure.)</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/11/2017 11:37:14 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil