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	date	25/04/2019
	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: India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to increase the UK's proportion of global trade with India.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	910520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Exports to India were up nearly 20% in 2018 on the previous year, totalling over £7.9 billion.</p><p> </p><p>We have a number of initiatives to strengthen our bilateral trade relationship with India, including the Joint Working Group on Trade, which recently met in March.</p><p> </p><p>Only last night I was at the Grant Thornton tracker event with the Confederation of Indian Industry, to celebrate the success of some of the top Indian companies in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/04/2019 10:37:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1029164

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What opportunities he identified for further trade co-operation with Israel during his recent visit to that country.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	908329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen during a visit to Israel in November, when we discussed our record levels of trade and investment and noted the good progress made on our continuity trade arrangement. I agreed with President Netanyahu to increase trade cooperation through joint Government sponsorship of a high-level trade and investment conference in 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 20/12/2018 13:28:44 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman