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795040

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2017
	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 Trade
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government with how many countries have they agreed to seek to establish a bilateral tariff-free trade agreement following Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>We are talking to a number of countries about future trading options, including Free Trade Agreements. We are also using instruments like Joint Trade Reviews, a collaborative in-depth analysis into the mutual trading relationship between the UK and a partner country; to look for areas we can improve our bilateral trading relationships.</p><p>We will aim through these discussions to put in place various mechanisms to improve trading relations and remove barriers affecting UK businesses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 08/12/2017 13:00:35 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1205430

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Fossil Fuels
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they give to policies for reducing the use of fossil fuels by 2050 when developing trading links with least developed countries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL5955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has long supported the promotion of our values globally, including ambitious global action to tackle climate change, and this will continue as an independent trading nation. We have already legislated to deliver net zero emissions in the United Kingdom, becoming the first major economy to do so.</p><p>Climate change is one of the most serious threats facing our world. We are committed to upholding the United Kingdom’s high environmental standards and will consider the mechanisms available to us, including through our trading relationships with Least Developed Countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 24/06/2020 11:13:38 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

621144

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the latest estimate of the percentage of world trade which is transacted in pounds sterling.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL2661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>HMG does not hold official data that directly measures the percentage of world trade which is transacted in pounds sterling.</p><p>According to the Bank for International Settlements, in the year up to April 2016 13% of the world’s foreign exchange transactions was conducted in pounds sterling.</p><p>[Source: Bank for International Settlements, Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange and OTC derivatives markets in 2016 – table D11.3 <a href="http://stats.bis.org/statx/srs/table/d11.3" target="_blank">http://stats.bis.org/statx/srs/table/d11.3</a> ]</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 31/10/2016 16:36:15 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1183501

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Food: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that any future trade agreements with other countries will require that no imported food or drink may contain any asbestos which could enter into the body of a consumer.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL2404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>We remain firmly committed to upholding our high food safety standards outside the EU. The UK’s independent food regulators will continue to ensure that all food imports into the UK comply with those high standards.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/03/2020 16:53:46 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley