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1563535

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Energy Charter Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the statement by the former Energy Minister in the press release published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy entitled UK strengthens protections for taxpayers in energy treaty negotiations on 24 June 2022, what assessment she has made of the potential risk to taxpayers of legal challenges made through other investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	114592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK has investment agreements with ISDS provisions with over 90 trading partners, including within the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). There has never been a successful ISDS claim brought against the UK, nor has the threat of potential claims affected the Government’s legislative programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 18/01/2023 11:34:31 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1544114

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Drugs: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has mane an assessment of the impact of Britain’s trade negotiations with India on the ability to manufacture generic medicines for the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	92159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>I am clear that I will never agree any provisions that would increase the cost of medicines for our National Health Service. Britain’s trade negotiations with India will not impact on the UK’s access to affordable medicines.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/12/2022 15:59:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1537672

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Energy Charter Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of (a) the withdrawal of (i) France, (ii) Poland, (iii) Spain, (iv) the Netherlands and (v) Italy from the Energy Charter Treaty and (b) its implications for her department’s policies.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	74619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to monitor the positions of other Contracting Parties to the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for the ECT lies with the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy. The Department for International Trade leads on the investment provisions and investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) and continues to see an important role for these policies in the UK’s trade policy.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/11/2022 13:07:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1504163

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Export Finance: Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the HMG Policy of March 2021 on aligning UK international support for the clean energy transition, how many times since March 2021 has UK Export Finance provided export support under the exemptions allowed in UKEF's fossil fuel policy and which categories out of the five listed for grouping the exemptions were used.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	45767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>To date UK Export Finance has not provided support for any transactions under the five exemptions listed in Part A of the guidance on implementing HMG’s policy on aligning international support for the clean energy transition.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 13:30:51 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1453662

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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: Biodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2022 to Question 138016 on Trade: Biodiversity, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the feasibility of assessing net gain in trade; what plans her Department has with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to assess the (a) qualitative and (b) quantitative impacts of new free trade agreements on the environment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	145840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>Ministers at the Department for International Trade regularly discuss matters relating to trade and environment with counterparts at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The two departments work together to provide qualitative and quantitative assessments of the environmental impacts of new free trade agreements. This includes several aspects of the environment, including emissions, air quality, water quality, and biodiversity.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 01/04/2022 12:26:07 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1381935

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what temperature goal scenario was used in the climate assessment for UK Export Finance support of the Mozambique LNG.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	80962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>UK Export Finance’s climate change report considered, among many other factors, the project’s alignment to the Paris Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 02/12/2021 12:27:25 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1381936

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the estimated breakeven price is for gas from the Mozambique LNG project, supported by UK Export Finance.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	80963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>UK Export Finance is unable to provide this information for reasons of commercial sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 02/12/2021 12:31:19 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1379097

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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 Barriers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many new trade barriers her Department has (a) identified and (b) resolved in (i) 2021 and (ii) since the end of 31 January 2020; if she will issue an annual report on that subject; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	75863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>My department publishes statistics about trade barriers in its annual reports and has, today, released further statistics showing that we resolved 217 trade barriers across 74 countries in 2020-21, up 20% from 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for April 2021 onwards will be released in the 2021-22 Annual Report.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 25/11/2021 14:36:30 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1359386

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the independently verified impact assessment of the Australia Free Trade Agreement due to be published by her Department before the end of the year will include a comprehensive assessment of its impact on the UK achieving its (a) climate and (b) environmental goals.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	56334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of negotiations with Australia and those with New Zealand, full impact assessments will be published prior to scrutiny by Parliament. These independently scrutinised impact assessments will cover the economic and environmental impacts of the deals.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 56336 question first answered 25/10/2021 09:47:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1359387

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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: New Zealand
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 conduct and publish an independently verified impact assessment of any prospective trade deal with New Zealand, including its impact on the UK achieving its (a) climate and (b) environmental goals.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	56336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of negotiations with Australia and those with New Zealand, full impact assessments will be published prior to scrutiny by Parliament. These independently scrutinised impact assessments will cover the economic and environmental impacts of the deals.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 56334 question first answered 25/10/2021 09:47:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas