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1542092

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date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the brief of the new Trade Envoy for the Indo-Pacific includes the promotion of trade with China.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Richard Graham MP has been reappointed as PMs Trade Envoy to Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and ASEAN. The role does not include the promotion of trade with China.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 23/11/2022 17:14:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1541067

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the volumes of Russian steel entering the UK that have been processed in third countries; and whether steel entering the country in this way would violate existing sanctions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL3324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of efforts to restrict imports from key Russian industries following their illegal invasion of Ukraine. This includes steel products, where we have banned the import of all finished steel, and put in place tariff increases of 35 percentage points on all steel. Since April, the UK has imported no steel defined as finished or semi-finished directly from Russia.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that any circumvention of sanctions measures through third countries undermines their wider impact, and we are working alongside international partners to address any potential loopholes in our sanctions regimes.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 23/11/2022 15:04:51 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1539358

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) tools, and (2) criteria, the Department for International Trade will use to monitor Pakistan's compliance with the human rights and labour provisions of the Developing Countries Trading Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Tankerness
uin	HL3220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The government believes that secure and growing trading relationships can enable open conversations with partners on a range of issues, including human rights and labour rights. At the same time, the Government is committed to working with international partners and businesses to ensure global supply chains are free from the use of modern slavery and other human rights abuses.</p><p>Countries - including Pakistan - that will benefit from the Developing Countries Trading Scheme may have preferences suspended if they have engaged in serious and systematic violations of human rights and labour rights contained in 16 international conventions.</p><p> </p><p>The tools to monitor compliance may include reports from international convention bodies, reports produced by international organisations and reporting from the Government’s diplomatic network.</p><p> </p><p>The criteria the Government may consider include the nature, scale, impact, frequency and pattern of violations.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 22/11/2022 16:12:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness

1535235

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Import Controls: Forced Labour
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing an import ban on (1) all products produced by forced labour, and (2) on products produced by all Chinese companies listed as exploiting forced labour.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
uin	HL2827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is at the forefront of global efforts to eradicate modern-day slavery, including forced labour. The UK’s approach to tackling forced labour in global supply chains is focused on transparency and companies with a turnover of £36m or more are required to publish modern slavery statements. The Government has concerns about allegations of forced labour in China and works with international partners to hold China to account for any violation of human rights. Import bans are one of a range of tools that could be used to tackle forced labour in global supply chains and we continue to keep this policy response under close review.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/11/2022 14:14:37 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds