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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1141167/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Terms of Appointment for the Programme provide the framework to which Trade Envoys work to. They outline Trade Envoys\u2019 roles and responsibilities when undertaking Trade Envoy duties, as well as outlining the Department for International Trade commitment to them. Under the Terms of Appointment, they are appointed for the term of a parliament, after which the sitting Prime Minister will decide whether to keep the current cadre in their role.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Trade Envoys regularly help UK business secure export successes, by either lobbying on their behalf, or helping to create the environment for them to succeed.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Trade Envoys are appointed by the Prime Minister and are ultimately accountable to the Prime Minister, though they regularly report specific issues to other Ministers as necessary.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 17 July (HL16983), what are the job descriptions of each Trade Envoy; whether any assessment has been made of their effectiveness in relation to the terms of their appointment; and whether those envoys are accountable to (1) the Prime Minister, (2) the Secretary of State for International Trade, (3) the Foreign Secretary, or (4) another Cabinet minister.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 17 July (HL16983), whether the Trade Envoys are answerable to Parliament either (1) directly, (2) via a minister, or (3) not at all.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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Member for Dudley North, Ian Austin MP, was appointed as the Prime Minister\u2019s Trade Envoy to Israel. These two new appointments take the total number of Trade Envoys to 27 parliamentarians covering 58 markets.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Full List of Prime Minister\u2019s Trade Envoys, their Markets and date of appointment<\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Trade Envoy Name<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Designated Markets<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Date of PM Appointment<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Lord Risby<\/p><\/td><td><p>Algeria<\/p><\/td><td><p>November 2012<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Lebanon<\/p><\/td><td><p>July 2019<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Morris<\/p><\/td><td><p>Jordan, Kuwait, Palestinian Territories<\/p><\/td><td><p>November 2012<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Bonham Carter<\/p><\/td><td><p>Mexico<\/p><\/td><td><p>November 2012<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Richard Graham MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Indonesia<\/p><\/td><td><p>November 2012<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Trade Envoy to the ASEAN Economic Community<\/p><\/td><td><p>July 2015<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Philippines, Malaysia<\/p><\/td><td><p>January 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Nicholson<\/p><\/td><td><p>Iraq<\/p><\/td><td><p>January 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan<\/p><\/td><td><p>April 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Kazakhstan<\/p><\/td><td><p>July 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Lord Janvrin<\/p><\/td><td><p>Turkey<\/p><\/td><td><p>January 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Mark Prisk MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>(Investment Envoy) Nordic and Baltic Region<\/p><\/td><td><p>April 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Brazil<\/p><\/td><td><p>March 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Egypt<\/p><\/td><td><p>November 2015<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Adam Afriyie MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Ghana<\/p><\/td><td><p>January 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Guinea<\/p><\/td><td><p>September 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Lord Popat<\/p><\/td><td><p>Uganda, Rwanda<\/p><\/td><td><p>January 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>John Howell MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td><p>January 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Rushanara Ali MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Bangladesh<\/p><\/td><td><p>March 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Lord Astor of Hever<\/p><\/td><td><p>Oman<\/p><\/td><td><p>November 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Lord Faulkner<\/p><\/td><td><p>Taiwan<\/p><\/td><td><p>January 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Lord Lamont<\/p><\/td><td><p>Iran<\/p><\/td><td><p>January 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Northover<\/p><\/td><td><p>Angola<\/p><\/td><td><p>January 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>Zambia<\/p><\/td><td><p>July 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Paul Scully MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Myanmar, Brunei, Thailand<\/p><\/td><td><p>July 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Jeremy Lefroy MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Ethiopia<\/p><\/td><td><p>July 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Selous MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>South Africa<\/p><\/td><td><p>July 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Mark Pritchard MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Georgia, Armenia<\/p><\/td><td><p>September 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Mark Menzies MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Chile<\/p><\/td><td><p>September 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Simon Hart MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Panama, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica<\/p><\/td><td><p>September 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Ed Vaizey MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Vietnam, Laos,Cambodia<\/p><\/td><td><p>September 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Sir Henry Bellingham MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Libya<\/p><\/td><td><p>June 2018<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Pauline Latham MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Kenya<\/p><\/td><td><p>August 2018<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Rosindell MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Tanzania<\/p><\/td><td><p>September 2018<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Ian Austin MP<\/p><\/td><td><p>Israel<\/p><\/td><td><p>July 2019<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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