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1701387

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Taiwan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to improve trade links with the Republic of China (Taiwan).
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK and Taiwan already share a deep, £11bn trade and investment relationship.</p><p>Trade Talks with Taiwan are longstanding and held annually to boost trade and support economic growth. To build on this the UK and Taiwan are developing an Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to further increase trade and investment. This will promote co-operation and support British businesses to take advantage of opportunities, initially in investment, digital trade, and energy and net-zero.</p><p>Minister Huddleston hosted the 26<sup>th</sup> UK Taiwan Trade Talks in London on 8 November 2023, and I met with Taiwan’s Minister Deng in February at the WTO’s 13<sup>th</sup> Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 21928 question first answered 24/04/2024 16:53:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1701388

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Taiwan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with her counterpart in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK and Taiwan already share a deep, £11bn trade and investment relationship.</p><p>Trade Talks with Taiwan are longstanding and held annually to boost trade and support economic growth. To build on this the UK and Taiwan are developing an Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to further increase trade and investment. This will promote co-operation and support British businesses to take advantage of opportunities, initially in investment, digital trade, and energy and net-zero.</p><p>Minister Huddleston hosted the 26<sup>th</sup> UK Taiwan Trade Talks in London on 8 November 2023, and I met with Taiwan’s Minister Deng in February at the WTO’s 13<sup>th</sup> Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 21927 question first answered 24/04/2024 16:53:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700813

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Switzerland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress she has made on trade discussions with Switzerland.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Since launching trade negotiations with Switzerland in May 2023, the UK has held four rounds of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement. The fourth round took place from 4 to 8 March 2024. Discussions were productive, provisionally closing the chapter on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This will help UK SMEs expand their operations more easily into the Swiss market.</p><p> </p><p>The fifth round of negotiations is scheduled to take place in early summer where we will look to make further positive progress.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to keep Parliament and the public informed through regular <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-03-21/hcws359" target="_blank">parliamentary</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/enhanced-uk-switzerland-fta-negotiations-update-march-2024" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> updates.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/04/2024 17:27:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700814

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the economic impact of the free trade agreements with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand since they came into force.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department’s impact assessments of the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreements were published on 17 December 2021 and 28 February 2022 respectively. These impact assessments set out the potential long-run incremental economic impact of these FTAs and are available on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>The agreements entered in force on the 31 May 2023, and we continue to monitor the economic impact of the two Governments.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/04/2024 14:13:47 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695046

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to include minimum standards for animal welfare in future trade deals.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	17859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is working to secure world-class free trade agreements that uphold our manifesto commitment to not compromise the UK’s high animal welfare standards. As the Prime Minister reiterated in his open letter to farmers last May, the Government continues to protect UK food standards in free trade agreements and seek to advance international co-operation on animal welfare and to promote high welfare standards globally.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/03/2024 10:40:30 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1689106

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Australia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has plans to visit (a) Adelaide, (b) Melbourne, and (c) Hobart in the next nine months.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	13917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Following the Secretary of State’s visit to Australia last year to promote utilisation of the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), shortly after it entered into force, there are currently no plans for her to visit in the coming months.</p><p>Representatives of His Majesty’s Government, including ministers, the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, High Commissioner and Consul General, regularly visit Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart. The Government already has a strong trade and investment relationship with Australia which has been further strengthened by the FTA.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/02/2024 17:24:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1685532

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: South Australia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has met with the Agent General of South Australia in the last six months; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of South Australia’s rank as the highest-ranking Australian state in economic growth.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	11715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Our already strong trade and investment relationship with the whole of Australia has been further strengthened by the Free Trade Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also enjoys a strong relationship with South Australia, which includes a UK-South Australia MOU covering cooperation on trade and investment. There is regular engagement led by UK Ministers, the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy and our High Commissioner. This includes trade missions covering space, defence and technology.</p><p> </p><p>The PM’s Trade Envoy to Australia most recently met with the Agent General for South Australia to London in June 2023. The Premier of South Australia visited the UK in 2022 and 2023.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/02/2024 16:36:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1685537

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much and what proportion of apprenticeship levy funds her Department has spent on training in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	11720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested as it is not held in the Department. The apprenticeship levy is held by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/02/2024 10:02:04 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1682989

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and (b) the redirection of ships around the Cape of Good Hope on UK trade.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	10040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ensuring the safety of shipping in the Red Sea and protecting international trade routes, as shown by our support for Operation Prosperity Guardian.</p><p> </p><p>The Department (alongside other government departments who are leading the overall response to the Red Sea crisis) is closely monitoring the situation, working with key stakeholders and businesses to identify and mitigate supply chain issues. On 17 January the Department published the UK’s first ever Critical Import and Supply Chains Strategy. This will help UK businesses, working in partnership with Government, build secure and reliable supply chains vital to the UK economy, national security, and the delivery of essential services.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2024 17:49:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1681904

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State of Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the contribution of domestic medicinal cannabis production to the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	9454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) actively assists life sciences companies in their endeavours to invest, expand, and export, thereby generating employment and economic growth.</p><p>UK-based life sciences businesses receive support from DBT through trade missions to key markets, participation in major trade events, tackling market access barriers, upskilling exporters, and guidance on entering new markets. Although routine assessments of the economic impact of specific life sciences’ subsectors like medicinal cannabis are not conducted, DBT is committed to supporting companies of various sizes throughout their export and inward investment endeavours while adhering to national regulatory guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/01/2024 17:59:05 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell