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registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Game: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to promote the export of British game meat.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade supports exports for the whole of the food and drink sector and in 2017 game meat exports were worth £7 million.</p><p> </p><p>Game meat exports receive the same level of support as the rest of the food and drink sector through initiatives such as the GREAT campaign and the recently launched Export Strategy. We also work with a variety of food and drink trade associations to ensure that the Government is providing the right kind of support. We will continue to use the UK’s reputation for high quality food and drink, with high standards of traceability and sustainability further increasing overseas demand for our products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/11/2018 14:59:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984360

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he plans to publish his response to his consultation with business on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s public consultations on the UK’s potential accession to CPTPP, alongside plans for new bilateral free trade agreements with Australia, New Zealand and the US, will close on the 26<sup>th</sup> of October 2018. The Department is putting in place the appropriate mechanisms to ensure that due consideration is given to responses, so that they effectively inform our overall approach to negotiations with partner countries. The Department plans to publish responses to all four consultations before entering into any formal free trade agreement negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 16/10/2018 13:26:52 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

973237

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to strengthen the collaboration between UK and Israeli companies in the medical sector.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	174724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK and Israel have a strong and important trading relationship, and we are committed to strengthening it. The commercial team in our Embassy in Tel Aviv actively promote UK-Israel trade in the medical sector and are sponsoring a delegation of 6 Israeli importers of medical devices to meet with UK companies at the upcoming Medica Trade Exhibition this year.</p><p><br>There is also extensive bilateral collaborative medical research between the UK and Israel. The UK-Israel Tech Hub, based at the Embassy, helps to create tech and innovation partnerships across several sectors, including healthcare.</p><p><br>Next month, the Embassy is organising a visit by a delegation of senior NHS officials to Tel Aviv to meet with Israeli healthcare companies who are looking to invest in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/10/2018 16:12:09 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

973239

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussion he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the export of goods and services from Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	174725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is a department for the whole of the UK and raises a number of issues with all counterparts that cover all four nations.</p><p><br>I have visited China four times this year and I have had discussions with several Chinese Ministries about removing barriers, increasing market access and helping businesses increase exports from across the whole of the UK. In August this year we successfully concluded an agreement with General Administration of Customs to enable UK dairy companies to export products containing dairy ingredients sourced from outside the UK. This will offer increased export flexibility to companies in Northern Ireland who wish to source ingredients from the Republic of Ireland. The agreement is estimated to be worth £240 million over 5 years to the UK. DIT China works closely with Northern Ireland’s Executive Office in the British Embassy Beijing.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/10/2018 15:40:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

934695

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Cocoa: Fairtrade Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with representatives of Governments of cocoa producing countries on the introduction of fair trade policies for cocoa producers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	160745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to free and fair trade, and using trade to promote global development and poverty reduction. As the UK leaves the European Union, our first priority is to ensure continuity in our trading relationships, including cocoa producers. This includes discussions with the likes of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire about replicating the effects of the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) to continue to provide duty-free access to the UK for products including cocoa. The Government has also committed to continue to unilaterally provide preferential market access to around 70 other developing countries including some that produce cocoa. In the future, we will look to further deepen our trading relationships with these partners.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 12/07/2018 12:01:50 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

933860

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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: North Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with the Government of North Korea to improve economic links with that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	159606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has not held any discussions with the Government of North Korea. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) commitment to work towards complete denuclearisation is an important step towards a more stable and prosperous future for the people of the DPRK. Until the DPRK takes concrete steps towards complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearisation, the UK will continue to strictly enforce existing sanctions in coordination with its international partners.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/07/2018 16:47:23 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

900037

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what opportunities he has identified for further trade cooperation with Israel once the UK is no longer party to the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>As we leave the European Union, we are seeking to replicate our existing EU free trade agreements and other EU preferential arrangements, so as to ensure continuity in our trade and investment relationships with third countries.</p><p>The Prime Minister met the Israeli Prime Minister in February 2017 and agreed to establish a joint trade working group. In March 2017, my noble friend, the then Minister of State for Trade Policy (Lord Price CVO), visited Israel to chair the first meeting of the working group, which is continuing to make positive progress towards ensuring a smooth transition.</p><p>The UK and Israel have an important trading relationship, which we are committed to strengthening through our dedicated trade promotion team at our Embassy in Israel.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 16/05/2018 15:01:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

900038

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to strengthen the UK’s trade relationship with Israel in medical research and development.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Strangford to the answer I gave to the hon Member for North Antrim on 14 February 2018, UIN 127029.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/05/2018 11:12:05 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

900039

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage and facilitate trade cooperation between the UK and Israel in the agricultural technology sector.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Strangford to the answer given to him by the then Minister of State for Investment (Mark Garnier MP) on 7 July 2017, UIN:2645.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/05/2018 11:03:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

890420

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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: Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support an increase in UK business and trade with African countries.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	137550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The trading relationship between the UK and Africa is currently worth more than £27 billion and the UK has more than £21 billion invested in the African continent. The Department for International Trade has 80 staff in 21 African countries who provide invaluable support to British businesses who wish to trade or invest on the continent. We also have 10 Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys who do invaluable work to promote UK-Africa trade.</p><p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) has significant capacity to support UK exports to Africa and its risk appetite is over £20bn.</p><p>As we leave the EU, we will put in place a UK trade preferences scheme which will, as a minimum, provide the same level of access as the current EU scheme. We will also seek to replicate the effects of the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/05/2018 15:54:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon