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1504163

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Export Finance: Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the HMG Policy of March 2021 on aligning UK international support for the clean energy transition, how many times since March 2021 has UK Export Finance provided export support under the exemptions allowed in UKEF's fossil fuel policy and which categories out of the five listed for grouping the exemptions were used.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	45767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>To date UK Export Finance has not provided support for any transactions under the five exemptions listed in Part A of the guidance on implementing HMG’s policy on aligning international support for the clean energy transition.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 13:30:51 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1359386

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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 Agreements: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the independently verified impact assessment of the Australia Free Trade Agreement due to be published by her Department before the end of the year will include a comprehensive assessment of its impact on the UK achieving its (a) climate and (b) environmental goals.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	56334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of negotiations with Australia and those with New Zealand, full impact assessments will be published prior to scrutiny by Parliament. These independently scrutinised impact assessments will cover the economic and environmental impacts of the deals.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 56336 question first answered 25/10/2021 09:47:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1359387

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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 Agreements: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department plans to conduct and publish an independently verified impact assessment of any prospective trade deal with New Zealand, including its impact on the UK achieving its (a) climate and (b) environmental goals.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	56336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of negotiations with Australia and those with New Zealand, full impact assessments will be published prior to scrutiny by Parliament. These independently scrutinised impact assessments will cover the economic and environmental impacts of the deals.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 56334 question first answered 25/10/2021 09:47:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1360412

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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 Agreements: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the independently verified impact assessment of the Australia Free Trade Agreement due to be published by her Department before the end of the year will include a comprehensive assessment of its impact on farming and agriculture in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	56963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of negotiations, a full impact assessment will be published prior to scrutiny by Parliament. This will present the results of economic impacts of the agreement, including on UK sectoral output and employment. It will provide an assessment of the potential implications for the UK nations and English regions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/10/2021 09:53:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1360411

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of her time is allocated to her role as (a) COP26 Adaptation and Resilience Champion and (b) Secretary of State for International Trade.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	56962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade dedicates a significant proportion of her time to her roles as COP26 Adaptation and Resilience Champion and Secretary of State for International Trade. Her time is spent flexibly depending on the relative need of each role.</p><p> </p><p>Recently, she has been heavily engaged with the G20, Global Investment Summit and the G7 in her capacity as Trade Secretary – at which she raised the importance of tackling climate change. In the approach to the COP26 Summit, she is increasing the proportion of her time dedicated to COP26 priorities, including participation in key events, meetings with key stakeholders, and bilateral partners whilst maintaining support for core DIT ministerial engagement.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/10/2021 17:00:14 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1360416

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the UK joining the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	56965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Following extensive engagement, the United Kingdom is not seeking to join the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS) negotiations. We continue to work closely with international partners, including the members of ACCTS, to advance trade and environmental matters, through multilateral and plurilateral fora such as the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) group at the World Trade Organisation, and through our bilateral dialogues.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 25/10/2021 10:31:51 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1360414

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Climate Change: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make it her policy to integrate firm climate commitments into all future free trade agreements and aligned with (a) the Paris Agreement and (b) the UK’s climate and environmental goals.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	56964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2021 answer text <p>HM Government is committed to upholding our climate commitments in free trade agreements. We will seek to maintain the United Kingdom’s high levels of environmental protection and sovereign right to regulate in pursuit of net zero by 2050, and affirm our commitments to multilateral environment agreements, including the Paris Agreement. As an example, such provisions were recently agreed with Australia and set out at Agreement in Principle.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 19/10/2021 16:15:19 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1313250

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the recent decision of the United States Administration to support a temporary suspension of intellectual property rights for covid-19 vaccines; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave earlier today (UIN: 448).</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 17/05/2021 11:38:23 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1453662

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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: Biodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2022 to Question 138016 on Trade: Biodiversity, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the feasibility of assessing net gain in trade; what plans her Department has with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to assess the (a) qualitative and (b) quantitative impacts of new free trade agreements on the environment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	145840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>Ministers at the Department for International Trade regularly discuss matters relating to trade and environment with counterparts at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The two departments work together to provide qualitative and quantitative assessments of the environmental impacts of new free trade agreements. This includes several aspects of the environment, including emissions, air quality, water quality, and biodiversity.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 01/04/2022 12:26:07 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1379097

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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 Barriers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many new trade barriers her Department has (a) identified and (b) resolved in (i) 2021 and (ii) since the end of 31 January 2020; if she will issue an annual report on that subject; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	75863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>My department publishes statistics about trade barriers in its annual reports and has, today, released further statistics showing that we resolved 217 trade barriers across 74 countries in 2020-21, up 20% from 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for April 2021 onwards will be released in the 2021-22 Annual Report.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 25/11/2021 14:36:30 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas