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	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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 Promotion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what factors determine which of the UK's trading partners are allocated a trade envoy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL2421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses overseas and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities, and it focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective. Trade Envoys are appointed to markets where there are opportunities to increase bilateral trade.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade is constantly reviewing suitable countries, regions, and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK, with the Prime Minister ultimately making the decision to appoint.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 20/09/2021 11:19:43 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1353122

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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 Promotion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what the current annual cost of the Trade Envoy programme is.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL2418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>In 2019-20 the cost of the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Programme was £651,387. All costs incurred are subject to departmental restrictions and guidelines which apply to the programme’s use of public funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 16/09/2021 10:52:07 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1353123

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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 Promotion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government to list the current trade envoys broken down by their membership of the (1) Conservative party, (2) Labour party, (3) Liberal Democrat party, (4) Crossbench group in the House of Lords, and (5) Non-affiliated peers in the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL2419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>There are currently 36 Trade Envoys. A full list including their political affiliation is below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Trade Envoy </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Political party</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>Andrew Selous </strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>Baroness Hooper</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>Baroness Meyer</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p><strong>Baroness Morris of Bolton</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><strong>Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><strong>Conor Burns</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p><strong>Damien Moore</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><strong>Daniel Kawczynski</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p><strong>Darren Henry</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>David Mundell</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p><strong>Dr. Andrew Murrison </strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p><strong>Felicity Buchan</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13</p></td><td><p><strong>Heather Wheeler</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p><strong>Helen Grant</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p><strong>Katherine Fletcher</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p><strong>Laurence Robertson</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p><strong>Lord Astor of Hever</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p><strong>Lord Lamont</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p><strong>Lord Popat</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><strong>Lord Risby of Haverhill</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21</p></td><td><p><strong>Marco Longhi</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22</p></td><td><p><strong>Mark Eastwood</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23</p></td><td><p><strong>Mark Garnier</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24</p></td><td><p><strong>Mark Menzies </strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25</p></td><td><p><strong>Martin Vickers</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26</p></td><td><p><strong>Richard Graham</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27</p></td><td><p><strong>Theo Clarke</strong></p></td><td><p>Conservative (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28</p></td><td><p><strong>Lord Faulkner</strong></p></td><td><p>Labour (2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29</p></td><td><p><strong>Rushanara Ali </strong></p></td><td><p>Labour (2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30</p></td><td><p><strong>Stephen Timms</strong></p></td><td><p>Labour (2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31</p></td><td><p><strong>Lord Botham</strong></p></td><td><p>Crossbench (4)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>32</p></td><td><p><strong>Baroness Hoey</strong></p></td><td><p>Non-affiliated (5)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>33</p></td><td><p><strong>Lord Austin </strong></p></td><td><p>Non-affiliated (5)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>34</p></td><td><p><strong>Lord Davies of Abersoch</strong></p></td><td><p>Non-affiliated (5)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35</p></td><td><p><strong>Lord Walney</strong></p></td><td><p>Non-affiliated (5)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36</p></td><td><p><strong>Sir Jeffrey Donaldson</strong></p></td><td><p>Democratic Unionist Party</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 16/09/2021 10:51:56 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1353124

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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 Promotion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the change in title from the Prime Minister's Trade Envoys to Trade Envoys indicates a change in accountability.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL2420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>There has been no change in title or accountability of the ‘<em>Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys</em>’, however the formal title is occasionally shortened to ‘<em>Trade Envoys’ </em>for brevity.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 16/09/2021 10:48:12 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott