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1385545

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	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, whether the Government's contract for covid-19 vaccines with Pfizer includes an Investor State Dispute Settlement clause.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	87815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2021 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is not responsible for the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 vaccination programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 10/12/2021 13:13:24 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1282391

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2021
	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: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans she has to include anti-corruption provisions in future trade deals.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	147026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>As detailed in our ‘Strategic Approach’ publications, we are aiming to secure provisions in free trade agreements with the US, Australia and New Zealand that address the trade-distorting effects of corruption on global trade and fair competition to help maintain the United Kingdom’s high standards in this area.</p><p>The United Kingdom-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement includes a new provision covering anti-corruption, which signals the United Kingdom and Japan’s shared ambition to combat the distorting effects of corruption on trade.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 09/02/2021 10:47:23 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1252699

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has plans to end UK Export Finance support for fossil fuel projects.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	116639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>At the UK-Africa Investment Summit in January we announced an end to HMG support for thermal coal mining and coal power plant overseas, and we continue to keep our approach to other fossil fuel investments and financing overseas under review.</p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) is obliged to consider all requests for its support to UK exports in all sectors. This includes the oil and gas sector, but also many other sectors such as renewables and green growth.</p><p> </p><p>UKEF is helping to drive UK content into overseas renewables and green growth projects across the globe and has been proactively developing the breadth of its support for these sectors. This is supported by £2 billion of direct lending for UKEF, which was announced in the Spring Budget, to support UK exports to these sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The support provided by UKEF to UK exporters takes the form of direct loans, guarantees and insurances for which premiums are charged and, for which, there is no net cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 116641 question first answered 23/11/2020 11:42:44 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1252700

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees
	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 announce an end to UK funding for fossil fuels overseas to include an end to UK Export Finance support for fossil fuels.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	116641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>At the UK-Africa Investment Summit in January we announced an end to HMG support for thermal coal mining and coal power plant overseas, and we continue to keep our approach to other fossil fuel investments and financing overseas under review.</p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) is obliged to consider all requests for its support to UK exports in all sectors. This includes the oil and gas sector, but also many other sectors such as renewables and green growth.</p><p> </p><p>UKEF is helping to drive UK content into overseas renewables and green growth projects across the globe and has been proactively developing the breadth of its support for these sectors. This is supported by £2 billion of direct lending for UKEF, which was announced in the Spring Budget, to support UK exports to these sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The support provided by UKEF to UK exporters takes the form of direct loans, guarantees and insurances for which premiums are charged and, for which, there is no net cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 116639 question first answered 23/11/2020 11:42:44 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1139330

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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 Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether UK businesses are eligible to apply for funding from the Investment Promotion Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	277829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>All suitable qualified UK businesses will be eligible to bid for the procurement of service delivery contracts of the Investment Promotion Programme (IPP); all commercial processes are in line with Government Commercial Operating standards.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/07/2019 12:27:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1139327

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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 Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what development outcomes his Department has set for the aid-funded Investment Promotion Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	277826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Investment Promotion Programme (IPP) is intended to deliver the following outcomes in selected countries:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Sustainable job creation in decent work as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO)</li><li>Development of vital skills and technology transfer, leading to gains in productivity</li><li>Improvements in infrastructure and business integrity, leading to spillover effects across the economy.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In the long term these outcomes are expected to increase incomes and improve living standards for local populations, including women.</p><p> </p><p>The IPP is currently in design and inception phase, more details of anticipated outcomes will be published in the Final Business Case.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:46:22 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1139329

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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 Investment: Public Private Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what analysis his Department conducted on the effectiveness of public private partnerships before it rolled out the Investment Promotion Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	277828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) carried out extensive research of the evidence on the effectiveness of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as part of the appraisal of the programme. This included evidence from the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and the International Financial Corporation (IFC) that showed that PPPs can produce effective development outcomes and offer value for money. DIT analysts will be producing internal analysis on all pillars of the programme which will be published as part of the Final Business Case.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:49:36 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1140891

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much Official Development Assistance funding his Department is providing to (a) Nigeria, (b) South Africa, (c) Kenya, (d) Ethiopia, (e) Colombia, (f) Peru, (g) Indonesia and (h) Bangladesh; and (i) for what purpose and (ii) under which programme is that funding being provided.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	280391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>DIT has no active ODA funded programming in the countries listed. As part of the design of the Investment Promotion Programme (IPP), DIT plans to spend ODA in Nigeria, South Africa and Peru. These countries were selected as they scored highly on development needs and opportunities. To date, no ODA has been provided to these countries as the programme has recently started. Details on country spend from IPP will be published in line with DIT’s transparency commitment.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:29:19 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1140893

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department (a) currently has or (b) has plans for Official Development Assistance-funded programmes other than the Investment Promotion Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	280392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>DIT is currently building a portfolio of development programming to drive trade and investment between international business and developing country markets. DIT’s interventions are under design but will link to DIT’s unique competencies in trade and investment. DIT’s development projects will adhere to the word and spirit of the International Development Act and follow the priorities set out in the 2015 Aid Strategy, including maintaining the commitment to keep aid untied.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:25:03 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1139328

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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 Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what criteria were used to select India, the Philippines, South Africa and Nigeria as the main target countries for his Department's Investment Promotion Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	277827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade developed an economic model to score and rank all aid eligible countries (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee list) on a range of economic, social and structural indicators from the World Bank, World Economic Forum and UN Council on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and other internationally-recognised sources. The selected countries scored highly on the need for economic development, investment opportunity and are priority countries for Official Development Assistance (ODA).</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/07/2019 15:28:23 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden