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1665017

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date	16/10/2023
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	Trade Agreements: Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether there have been any civil society dialogue meetings with Colombia under the UK-Andean countries trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	202711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Officials met with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, within the framework of the first UK-Andean Civil Society Dialogue on Trade and Sustainable Development on 18 July 2023. The event was open to the public and attended by representatives from each partner’s civil society, including the domestic advisory groups established under the UK-Andean Countries Trade Agreement. This was a helpful step in the implementation of the Trade and Sustainable Development commitments.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/10/2023 11:35:07 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1665018

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Trade Agreements: Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which civil society organisations she is consulting in the civil society dialogue meetings with Colombia under the UK-Andean countries trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	202712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Civil Society Dialogue between the UK and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru – held on 18 July 2023 - was attended by representatives from the domestic advisory groups of the parties and open to the public. The UK’s Trade and Sustainable Development Domestic Advisory Group consists of 12 member organisations, representing a broad range of labour and environmental stakeholders including businesses, trade unions and academia.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/10/2023 09:46:52 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1627267

registered interest
date	12/05/2023
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	International Seabed Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the International Seabed Authority on (a) the likelihood of the Authority agreeing to issue exploitation licences for deep-sea mining projects and (b) what assessment is required to examine the potential impact of such mining projects on deep-sea ecosystems prior to exportation licences being issued.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	184794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK is fully engaged in the ongoing negotiations at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council and Assembly, to agree deep sea mining exploitation regulations. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office leads the UK delegation to the ISA.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s policy is not to sponsor or support the issuing of any exploitation licences for deep sea mining projects unless and until there is sufficient scientific evidence about the potential impact on deep sea ecosystems, and strong enforceable environmental Regulations, Standards and Guidelines have been developed by the ISA and are in place. The UK’s approach is both precautionary and conditional.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/05/2023 16:14:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1626943

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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	Directors: Disqualification
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 3 May 2023 to Question 183026 on Companies: Sanctions, what resources her Department plans to make available for the enforcement of director disqualification sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	184583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill will introduce a new director disqualification sanctions measure. It will be an offence for a designated person subject to this new measure to form a UK company, or to act as a director or otherwise be involved in the company’s promotion or management.</p><p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department of Business and Trade are in ongoing discussions regarding the implementation of these new sanctions, including the enforcement function.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/05/2023 11:33:58 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1624490

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Companies: Sanctions
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 bring forward legislation to make it a criminal offence for people under sanctions to set up UK companies.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	183026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, which is currently in Committee stage in the House of Lords, will create a completely new type of sanctions measure in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 called ‘director disqualification sanctions’. It will be an offence for a designated person subject to this new measure to form a UK company, or to act as a director or otherwise be involved in the company’s promotion or management.</p><p> </p><p>It will be for the Foreign Secretary to decide when and how to deploy the measure, alongside the full suite of other sanctions measures.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 03/05/2023 16:57:12 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd