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1311060

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	India: Cairn Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make representations to the Prime Minister of India on the international arbitration tribunal decision in favour of Cairn Energy plc in its dispute with the Indian Government during their scheduled discussions in April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	185343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>We note the award made by the arbitral tribunal in the case brought by Cairn Energy against the Government of India under the United Kingdom-India Bilateral Investment Treaty.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government is not a party to this dispute, but we hope that the case can be resolved.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 27/04/2021 09:05:45 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1311088

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Taiwan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to strengthen the UK's trade relationship with Taiwan.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	185495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to strengthening its rich and wide-ranging trading relationship with Taiwan. Total trade in goods and services between the UK and Taiwan was £7.0 billion [in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2020]. We are working with Taiwan to increase this further, including through our annual Trade Talks, ministerial engagement, and through engagements by the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Taiwan.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/04/2021 15:33:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1311170

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Economic Partnership Agreements: Cameroon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the version of the Interim Agreement establishing an Economic Partnership Agreement between the UK and Cameroon initialled on 27 December 2020, annexed to the Memorandum of Understanding between the countries that took effect on 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	185323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom-Cameroon Economic Partnership Agreement that was initialled on 27<sup>th</sup> December 2020, and the final agreement signed on 9<sup>th</sup> March 2021, have no substantial differences. As is usual international treaty practice, the Agreement underwent a legal review from both parties to ensure its accuracy.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena grouped question UIN 185324 question first answered 27/04/2021 09:02:10 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1311172

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Economic Partnership Agreements: Cameroon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what changes were made to the Interim Agreement establishing a UK-Cameroon Economic Partnership Agreement between the version that was initialled on 27 December 2020 and the final version signed on 9 March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	185324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom-Cameroon Economic Partnership Agreement that was initialled on 27<sup>th</sup> December 2020, and the final agreement signed on 9<sup>th</sup> March 2021, have no substantial differences. As is usual international treaty practice, the Agreement underwent a legal review from both parties to ensure its accuracy.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena grouped question UIN 185323 question first answered 27/04/2021 09:02:10 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1308921

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Ethiopia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) standard individual export licences and (b) open individual export licences have been granted for the shipment of arms to Ethiopia in the last (i) six and (ii) 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	181102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>HM Government publishes Official Statistics on GOV.UK on a quarterly and annual basis on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations. These reports contain detailed information including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This information is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a> and the most recent publication was on 13<sup>th</sup> April 2021, covering the period 1<sup>st</sup> October to 31<sup>st</sup> December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Two Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) were granted for military rated items to Ethiopia between July and December 2020 and no other licences were granted in the six months prior to this period.</p><p> </p><p>Information on licences granted between 1<sup>st</sup> January to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2021 will be published as Official Statistics on 13th July 2021; and for licences granted from 1<sup>st</sup> April to 30<sup>th</sup> June 2021, information will be published in October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (the ‘Consolidated Criteria’). HM Government will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Consolidated Criteria.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 19/04/2021 14:43:02 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1306916

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Consumer Goods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to build (a) international and (b) domestic consumer awareness of non-food and drink products made in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	178555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) is responsible for promotion of UK products in international markets. Some of the measures this department is taking to boost exports of non-food and drink products made in the UK are: trade promotion campaigns in key markets; UK presence at tradeshows; leveraging DIT’s teams in 110 countries; providing finance and insurance from UK Export Finance; global promotion via the GREAT campaign; export hubs in all Nations; and working in partnership with UK companies and trade associations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 179597 question first answered 20/04/2021 16:05:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1306977

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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 Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse has been of each Trade Envoy since their appointment, to date.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	178681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Trade Envoys are unpaid. Total expenditure for the trade envoy programme since its launch in November 2012 has been £987,153.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/04/2021 16:54:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1306978

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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 Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the accumulated investment results achieved by each Trade Envoy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	178683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses overseas and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities and it focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective.</p><p>There is no verifiable way to quantify the investment results achieved by each Trade Envoy given they work in collaboration with our other activities to promote investment into the UK. The Department for International Trade’s most recent published foreign direct investment results can be found in the annual report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/04/2021 16:55:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1307268

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Life Sciences: Finance
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 £800 million commitment from Mubadala as part of the UAE-UK Sovereign Investment Partnership, which areas of the life sciences sector will receive funding from that Partnership.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	179117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government remains committed to providing £200m in funding to unlock additional investment in our world-leading life sciences sector. We are working closely with Mubadala and considering how best to deploy this funding in light of Mubadala’s own £800m commitment to the sector.</p><p>In total, this means £1bn of new funding available for our most promising life sciences companies, with the potential to crowd in more funding from other investors.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/04/2021 15:37:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1307298

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Cairn Energy: India
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 the implications for her policies of the international arbitration tribunal decision in favour of Cairn Energy plc in its dispute with the Indian Government; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	179021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>HM Government respects the rights of both parties to pursue the legal options available to them and we note the award made by the arbitral tribunal in the case brought by Cairn Energy under the United Kingdom-India Bilateral Investment Treaty. HM Government is not a party to these legal proceedings, so it would be inappropriate to comment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade continues to provide support to any British investor seeking investment opportunities in India.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 15/04/2021 10:21:10 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray