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176391

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Croughton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the US sought permission from his Department for consolidation at RAF Croughton following that country's European Infrastructure Consolidated Review.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	222466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The European Infrastructure Consolidation review recommendations were subject to a period of consultation with the Host Nations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/02/2015 16:56:53 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

225150

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Croughton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2015 to Question 222466, what requests for (a) authorities and (b) consultations have been made to his Department in connection with (i) the European Infrastructure Consolidated Review and (ii) RAF Croughton in the last year.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	226250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The US European Infrastructure Consolidation Review, which also considered the future of RAF Croughton, was primarily a US national analysis of options for their basing footprint in Europe. However, consultation was conducted with Ministry of Defence stakeholders throughout this process.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/03/2015 16:27:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

229356

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Croughton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226256, on RAF Croughton, what the dates were of the (a) Host Nation Notification and (b) Host Nation Response made in connection with the European Infrastructure Consolidated Review.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	228912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Following a period of consultation, Host Nation Notification in connection with the European Infrastructure Consolidated Review was received on 7 January 2015 and responded to on the same day.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/03/2015 12:01:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

419030

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Overseas Investment: Sri Lanka
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UKTI is giving to British firms wishing to invest in Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	10441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) team in the High Commission in Colombo (who cover Sri Lanka and the Maldives) provide advice to and support actual and potential UK investors. This can include advice on market opportunities, local partners and legal and regulatory requirements. They also offer the full range of UKTI services and support to British companies selling or looking for opportunities to sell goods and services in Sri Lanka. The High Commissioner regularly supports British companies, including by hosting and speaking at events and lobbying for them. The High Commission team works closely with the independent Council for Business with Britain, a trade grouping that many British investors in Sri Lanka are members of, to encourage and support continuing growth in business relations between the UK and Sri Lanka.</p><p>The UK is consistently a top ten investor in Sri Lanka, ranking 7th in 2013, the latest year for which official figures are available. These investments range widely, from financial services to education, from traditional industries to cutting edge IT development.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 13:55:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

419031

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Missions: South Asia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many official trade delegations have been to (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Bangladesh and (d) Sri Lanka in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	10442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The following is a list of official trade missions that have been organised by UK Trade &amp; Investment over the past three years to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.</p><p><strong>2013/14 </strong></p><ul><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to India = 10</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions Pakistan = 1</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Bangladesh = 0</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Sri Lanka = 3</li></ul><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p><ul><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to India = 9</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions Pakistan = 1</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Bangladesh = 1</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Sri Lanka = 1</li></ul><p><strong>2015/16 </strong></p><ul><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to India = 0 (2 planned)</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions Pakistan = 0</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Bangladesh = 0 (1 planned)</li><li>Number of Outward Trade Missions to Sri Lanka = 0 (1 planned)</li></ul> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 13:57:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

447677

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations contributed to UK Trade and Investment's Northern Powerhouse Investment Pitchbook; and who provided the assessment and shortlisting of developments included in that document.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	24237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The following organisations contributed to the Northern Powerhouse pitchbook:</p><p> </p><p>Allied London; Carlton Power Limited; Cheshire East Council; Foresight Group; Halite; Leeds City Council; Liverpool Vision; London and Continental Railways; Manchester City Council; Manchester Place; MIDAS, Manchester’s Inward Investment Agency; Newcastle City Council; Peel Group; Scarborough Group; Sheffield City Council; Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council; and Warrington &amp; Co.</p><p> </p><p>Overall shortlisting was done by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) in consultation with HM Treasury.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/02/2016 17:28:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

485492

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	New Businesses: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with disabilities receive support to start small business enterprises.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	32309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Our approach is to ensure help is available to all who want to start and grow a business, including individuals with disabilities. The Business Support Helpline provides bespoke advice to anyone who needs it. Currently around 1% of callers to the Helpline state they have a disability. It can send information in large fonts or braille and also provides a text phone service. Material is also available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Start-Up Loans programme provides loans and mentoring support. It operates through a network of delivery partners who adhere to FCA Regulations on Treating Customers Fairly, which include reference to the treatment of customers with a disability.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) New Enterprise Allowance provides funding and advice to people on certain benefits to help them start their own business. It supported 15,500 people with disabilities between April 2011 and September 2015. DWP’s Access to Work scheme supports people with a disability, health or mental health condition to help them start working, stay in work or start a business.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/04/2016 16:18:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

518887

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations the Government has made to the European Commission on provisional implementation of the EU-Canada trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	37195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The EU–Canada Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) will deliver jobs and growth for the UK, with independent analysis suggesting the deal could be worth up to £1.3 billion per year to the UK economy.</p><p>We expect CETA to be a “mixed” agreement, covering areas of both EU and Member State competence. In this case, the EU Council could decide to provisionally apply the parts of CETA which fall within EU competence. The Government supports this approach as it will allow the UK to benefit from provisions such as reduced duties on imports and exports as soon as possible. This has been discussed with the European Commission on a number of occasions, most at the Trade Foreign Affairs Council that took place in Brussels this month. The Council will negotiate which provisions of CETA should be applied provisionally by the EU once the final text has been received.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 37196 question first answered 26/05/2016 15:37:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

518888

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to oppose the provisional implementation of the EU-Canada trade agreement when it is discussed at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	37196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The EU–Canada Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) will deliver jobs and growth for the UK, with independent analysis suggesting the deal could be worth up to £1.3 billion per year to the UK economy.</p><p>We expect CETA to be a “mixed” agreement, covering areas of both EU and Member State competence. In this case, the EU Council could decide to provisionally apply the parts of CETA which fall within EU competence. The Government supports this approach as it will allow the UK to benefit from provisions such as reduced duties on imports and exports as soon as possible. This has been discussed with the European Commission on a number of occasions, most at the Trade Foreign Affairs Council that took place in Brussels this month. The Council will negotiate which provisions of CETA should be applied provisionally by the EU once the final text has been received.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 37195 question first answered 26/05/2016 15:37:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

518889

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans the Government has for parliamentary scrutiny of the EU-Canada trade agreement; and whether the Government will bring that agreement to the House for a vote.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	37197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>We expect that the EU–Canada Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) will be a “mixed” agreement, covering areas of both EU and Member State competence. In that case, it will be subject to agreement by each EU Member State, the EU Council and the European Parliament. As part of this process the agreement will be subject to Parliamentary scrutiny before it is ratified by the UK. The complete draft text of the agreement would be laid before Parliament for at least 21 sitting days during which time MPs and Lords may debate the treaty in either or both Houses and vote against the proposed ratification. For the parts of the agreement within UK competence, the proposals for a Council decision on signature and, subsequently, conclusion will be subject to scrutiny in both Houses of the UK Parliament. In practice EU trade agreements which contain a mixture of EU and Member State competence are agreed by consensus, this means the UK must agree before the treaty can fully come into force.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/05/2016 15:36:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas