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1194774

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to facilitate trade with Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	902519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Total exports to Saudi Arabia from the United Kingdom last year were up £1.0bn from 2018 and we want this growth to continue. My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade recently engaged with her counterpart to remove trade barriers during this difficult period, and we continue to identify ways of opening up more opportunities in the country to businesses in the United Kingdom.</p><p>My Hon. Friend for Thirsk and Malton will also be aware that we are carefully considering the implications of the Court of Appeal Judgement for export licence decision-making and are working to enable the re-taking of decisions on the correct legal basis, which I understand is a process which will have a bearing on businesses in his constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 12/05/2020 16:26:01 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1194775

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to protect the global supply chains of UK businesses.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	902523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working to reduce market access barriers, including through Free Trade Agreements. This will open up more opportunities for business to build further resilience into their supply chains for the future. Alongside this, the United Kingdom will tirelessly fight protectionism and unfair trade practices, including through the G20 and in the WTO.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom has strong, collaborative relationships with other countries on this international endeavour, and will continue to make progress to facilitate free flowing trade. This will continue to be vital throughout the COVID-19 crisis, and for the recovery that will follow.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 12/05/2020 16:18:24 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1194776

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Furs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the (a) import and (b) sale of real fur products.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	902525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>EU law currently prohibits imports of cat and dog fur and certain other animal products. Under the Withdrawal Act, these prohibitions will carry across after the end of the transition period. The Government is considering what further steps it could take in relation to fur sales, consistent with our international obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/05/2020 12:28:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1194777

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the recovery of international trade after the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	902528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Restoring an open trading system is vital for global recovery post-COVID. We will continue to champion free and fair trade, and we will support business recovery by opening up markets through free trade agreements, our new Export Strategy, and driving investment across all parts of the United Kingdom. Our ambitious free trade agreement with the US aims to reduce tariffs for key exports such as dairy. As Cornwall and the South West account for two-thirds of all our dairy exports to the US, this will be particularly important for local businesses in my Hon. Friend’s constituency and the surrounding areas, such as Davidstow creamery.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 12/05/2020 16:04:50 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

1194778

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effect on the global economy of maintaining (a) free trade and (b) open supply chains during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Kensington
tabling member printed	Felicity Buchan
uin	902530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Free trade will be the cornerstone of our economic recovery in this global crisis. With over 1.22bn pieces of PPE delivered to the front line already, including 11 million items on Sunday 10 March alone, we will continue this good work with international counterparts to keep global supply chains open. The Department will work to facilitate resilience building through our free trade agreements in order to secure a thriving international trading future for businesses in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 12/05/2020 16:11:51 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan

1194779

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Israel: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to strengthen the UK's trade in medical research and development with Israel during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	902531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>UK and Israeli experts have been cooperating on the COVID-19 response in such areas as testing, clinical response, epidemiological management and the development of vaccines and treatments. We will continue to assist in identifying and supporting further areas of cooperation between the private and public sectors of both countries.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/05/2020 12:15:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1193627

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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: USA
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 deadline set by the US Congress for the end of trade negotiations between the UK and the US.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	43890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Neither the UK nor US Governments have set any date for the end of negotiations, however both sides are equally committed to negotiating a comprehensive free trade agreement as swiftly as possible. The first round of negotiations began on 5<sup>th</sup> May.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/05/2020 16:46:04 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1193630

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agricultural Products: Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations she has received from representatives from the UK farming sector on the effect of tariff free imports from (a) New Zealand, (b) Australia and (c) the US on UK on the competitiveness of UK farmers.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	43891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State regularly receives representations from the UK farming sector in our negotiations. Many representatives from the UK sector responded to the DIT consultations held in 2018 asking for industry views and priorities for these negotiations. Summaries of the responses are available on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that our trade agreements must work in the best interests of UK producers, consumers, and businesses.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/05/2020 14:12:12 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1193803

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Distributive Trade: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 6 May 2020 to Question 42002, on Trade: Freight, what representations her Department has made to the Treasury on the suitability of support being provided to the freight sector during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	43892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member for Sefton Central to the answer I gave him on 6 May 2020, UIN: 42002, this Department is working closely with the Department for Transport and the Devolved Administrations to support industry and continue the flow of critical freight for the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This Department has an important role in representing the feedback we hear from the sectors we engage with to other Government departments, but, consistent with the practice of successive administrations, the Government does not disclose details of internal departmental meetings.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/05/2020 09:55:53 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1193811

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	BeoutQ
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of (a) Saudi-based pirate broadcaster beoutQ and (b) piracy more widely, on the value of exports from the UK’s creative industries; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley South
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	43953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Officials in the Department for International Trade work closely with their counterparts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Intellectual Property Office on matters relating to the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights around the world.</p><p> </p><p>Government ministers and our Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have raised this matter with the Saudi Arabian government and will continue to make representations about any alleged broadcast infringement activities of UK IP.</p><p> </p><p>We understand broadcasting piracy in Saudi Arabia, through the pirate operator beoutQ, has now stopped. This followed pressure by the UK, the US, European countries, and major sports rights holders.</p><p> </p><p>We remain vigilant for any further instances of illegal use of UK-owned intellectual property rights across all industries and will continue to raise these issues in territories where protection is not upheld.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 43954 question first answered 12/05/2020 16:40:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4384 label Biography information for Mike Wood