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1687520

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2024
	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	Import Duties: South America
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Appendix 1, Section B, Subsection 1, A, 2 of the Annex Modifications to Annex 1 to the UK-Andean Trade Agreement, signed in Quito on 15 May 2019, CP 122, what the (a) timing and (b) process is of the examination of the improvement of tariff liberalisation of goods included in staging category BA; against what criteria she plans to assess the potential impact of that improvement; what plans she has to consult countries potentially affected; and whether she plans to publish an impact assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	12909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The examination of goods included in Appendix 1, Section B, Subsection 1, A, 2 of the Annex Modifications to Annex 1 to the UK-Andean Trade Agreement must take place within two years of entry into force of the UK-Andean Countries Trade Agreement. The agreement entered into force for all parties in June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>In the review, the UK will consider the interests of businesses and consumers alongside our development objectives. The Government will engage stakeholders and meet our existing commitments for consultation in the UK-Cariforum Economic Partnership Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to publish an impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/02/2024 13:54:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1685984

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	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	Tractors: Batteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 14 and 18 December 2023 to Questions 6067, 6068 and 6383 and the Answer of 10 January 2024 to Question 7471 on Tractors: Batteries, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact on the UK's transition to electric vehicles of tariffs on battery electric truck tractors from the EU in each year to 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	11932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The rules which apply to battery electric truck tractors to facilitate tariff free trade have been in force since 1 January 2021 and were not due to change in 2024. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) works across government to support the transition to zero emission vehicles. Zero emission vehicles will help the UK decarbonise and Government remains committed to the Net Zero 2050 target.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 05/02/2024 15:42:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1682988

	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	Department for Business and Trade: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade during the debate on UK Export Performance of 18 September 2023, Official Report, column 1200, how many people work in the dedicated free trade agreement utilisation team as of 17 January 2024; and how many people he plans to work in that team on average over the next two financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	9992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Free Trade Agreement Utilisation team has around 20 full time employees who work closely with business-facing teams across the Nations and regions of the UK, teams based overseas, and across all of our Department’s export support ecosystem to raise awareness of our new FTAs and ensure business can seize the opportunities in those fast growing markets.</p><p> </p><p>Future years' resourcing will be decided as part of business planning for each financial year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/01/2024 17:12:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1678986

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	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	Tractors: Batteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 14 and 18 December 2023 to Questions 6067, 6068 and 6383 on Tractors: Batteries, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of maintaining rules of origin import taxes on battery electric truck tractors from the EU on the UK's transition to electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	7471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The rules which apply to battery electric truck tractors have been in force since 1 January 2021 and were not due to change in 2024. Zero emission vehicles will help the UK decarbonise and meet our Net Zero 2050 targets. The Government is committed to supporting the transition to these vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/01/2024 17:31:12 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1677258

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	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	Tractors: Batteries
	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 ensure that the proposed three-year extension of the rules of origin for electric vehicles and batteries under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement will include electric (a) truck tractors and (b) truck tractor batteries.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	6383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Commission has proposed a 3-year delay to the rules of origin for certain electric accumulators and electrified vehicles. The scope of the proposal is limited to only those rules which were staged over several years and due to change in 2024 and in 2027. The rules which apply to battery electric truck tractors were not due to change in 2024 and have been in force since the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to listen closely to the concerns of the sector and work with industry to maximise the benefits provided by the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/12/2023 14:52:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1677031

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2023
	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	Tractors: Batteries
	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 potential impact of the rules of origin of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the production of battery electric vehicle truck tractors if they are not included in the proposed three-year postponement of the introduction of new rules of origin on electric car batteries.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	6067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Commission has proposed a 3-year delay to the rules of origin for certain electric accumulators and electrified vehicles. The scope of the proposal is limited to only those rules which were staged over several years and due to change in 2024 and again in 2027. The rules which apply to battery electric truck tractors were not due to change in 2024 and have been in force since the end of the transition period.</p><p>We continue to listen closely to the concerns of the sector and work with industry to maximise the benefits provided by the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 6068 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:43:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1677032

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2023
	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	Tractors: Batteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations she has received from manufacturers of zero-emission tailpipe HGVs on including battery electric vehicle truck tractors in the proposed three-year delay to the introduction of new rules of origin.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	6068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Commission has proposed a 3-year delay to the rules of origin for certain electric accumulators and electrified vehicles. The scope of the proposal is limited to only those rules which were staged over several years and due to change in 2024 and again in 2027. The rules which apply to battery electric truck tractors were not due to change in 2024 and have been in force since the end of the transition period.</p><p>We continue to listen closely to the concerns of the sector and work with industry to maximise the benefits provided by the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 6067 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:43:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1676655

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2023
	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	Small Businesses: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2023 to Question 4799 on Small Businesses: Exports, how the £200 million of funding to support small and medium-sized enterprises (a) has been spent in each of the last three years and (b) will be spent on (i) the UK Export Academy, (ii) International Trade Advisors, (iii) Help to Grow, (iv) the Export Support Service and (v) the Business Support Helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	5926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>Between 2022-2025, DBT currently plan to spend, including expenditure incurred, a maximum of £86.1 million on the Help to Grow: Management scheme and Business Support Helpline, £19.4 million on the Export Support Service Digital enquiry service and International Markets service, and Export Support delivered by DBT teams in the English Regions (which includes International Trade Advisers in England and the UK wide Export Academy) expect to spend £84.2 million</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/12/2023 15:13:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1675086

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: European Patent Convention
	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 commission an independent assessment into the compatibility of membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership with membership of the (a) European Patent Office and (b) European Patent Convention.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	4899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK has ensured that accession negotiations with CPTPP are consistent with the UK’s interests, the Government’s policies and priorities on intellectual property, and with the UK’s existing international obligations, including the non-EU European Patent Convention (EPC) which establishes the European Patent Office.</p><p>The UK has not agreed to any provisions that would require us to diverge from the EPC and therefore an independent assessment is not required. With respect to Article 18.38 of the agreement (Grace Period), the UK has agreed with the CPTPP Parties that we will only comply with that article once necessary amendments to the EPC have been made in line with Article 18.38, and not before.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/12/2023 10:04:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1674670

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2023
	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	Small Businesses: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State of 30 November 2023, Official Report, column 1043, how the £200 million of funding to support small and medium-sized enterprises (a) has been and (b) will be spent.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	4799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade have a range of programmes dedicated to supporting SMEs to grow and export. This includes the UK Export Academy, International Trade Advisors, Help to Grow, the Export Support Service, our growth hubs and Business Support Helpline, we also support through the British Business Bank, including Future Fund: Breakthrough.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting SMEs to adopt advanced digital technologies through the expansion of our Made Smarter programme; and the setting up of a Digital Adoption Taskforce.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/12/2023 17:33:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas