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date	06/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Developing Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when their plans to grant enhanced trading status to eight developing countries including Syria will come into effect; and whether this will help the reconstruction of war damage in Syria, in particular to (1) schools, (2) hospitals, and (3) homes.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Developing Countries Trading Scheme is expected to come into force in early 2023 and will include enhanced preferential tariffs for eight countries including Syria. Robust sanctions will ensure that where this changes trade with Syria, the regime will not benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has committed over £3.8 billion to the Syria crisis. We will not provide long-term reconstruction assistance without a commitment to a political process from the regime.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to offer significant humanitarian and early recovery support so ordinary Syrians have the means to build a better future, including through programmes such as the Syria Education Project.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/09/2022 10:49:35 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

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date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent by the British Consulate General Los Angeles' office on external consultants during the Golden Globe Awards 2017, Grammy Awards 2017 and Academy Awards 2017; what were the objectives set for such expenditure; and what assessment was made of the performance of external consultants against those objectives.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL2219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The British Consulate General Los Angeles did not employ external consultants specifically to work on any of the events mentioned by the Noble Lord.</p><p>The Department for International Trade has used agency support in some our work to promote the UK’s excellent creative industries globally, often delivering through partnerships with organisations such as with Variety, BFI, BFC and BAFTA.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 08/11/2017 13:47:11 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie