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1702521

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Food: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2024 to Question 20567 on Food: Japan, which two products were included in the second tranche submitted to the Japanese authorities other than Armagh Bramley Apples, Ayrshire New Potatoes, Beacon Fell Lancashire Cheese, Bonchester Cheese, Buxton Blue, Carmarthen Ham, Cornish Sardines, Darnibole Wine, Dorset Blue Cheese, Dovedale Cheese, Exmoor Blue Cheese, Fal Oyster, Fenland Celery, Gloucestershire Cider, Gloucestershire Perry, Lakeland Herdwick, Native Shetland Wool, New Season Comber Potatoes, Newmarket Sausage, Orkney Beef, Orkney Lamb, Rutland Bitter, Scottish Wild Salmon, Shetland Lamb, Swaledale Cheese, Swaledale Ewes Cheese, Teviotdale Cheese, Traditional Welsh Cider, Traditional Welsh Perry, Vale of Clwyd Denbigh Plum, Vale of Evesham Asparagus, West Wales Coracle Caught Salmon, West Wales Coracle Caught Sewin, Whitstable Oysters, Worcestershire Cider, Worcestershire Perry and Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	22714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to response UIN 20567, tabled on 26 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/04/2024 16:22:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698955

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Food: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 15852 on Scallops: Isle of Man, whether (a) Isle of Man queenies, (b) Isle of Man manx loaghtan lamb and (c) Jersey royal potatoes were included in the original list of 77 food and drink products submitted by the Department for International Trade to the Japanese authorities on 30 April 2021 for which it was seeking geographical indication protection in Japan under the terms of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the response provided to Question UIN 15852 published on 4 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/04/2024 15:05:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698956

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Food: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's press release of 27 February 2024 entitled UK businesses welcome protection for iconic British food and drink in Japan, for what reason Kikuchi Suiden Gobo was included among the 37 Japanese products listed in that press release as receiving geographical indication status in the UK, but was not included among the 37 Japanese products added to the protected food and drink names website maintained by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 8 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Kikuchi Suiden Gobo was added onto the UK GI register as a protected product on 8 March 2024. The department has amended the press release of 27 February 2024 to include Kikuchi Suiden Gobo. The updated press release can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-businesses-welcome-protection-for-iconic-british-food-and-drink-in-japan.</p><p>The entry for Yatsushiro Tokusan Banpeiyu was delayed but has now been completed and is listed alongside the other 37 first tranche products from Japan.</p><p>The UK was unable to register Iwate Mokutan as a GI because there is no classification under current UK domestic legislation which could include charcoal. The Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs wrote to the Japanese authorities in 2022 to explain this decision, which they accepted.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 20565 20566 question first answered 19/04/2024 10:52:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698957

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Food: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's press release of 27 February 2024 entitled UK businesses welcome protection for iconic British food and drink in Japan, for what reason Yatsushiro Tokusan Banpeiyu was not included among the 37 Japanese products listed in that press release as receiving geographical indication status in the UK, but was included among the 37 Japanese products added to the protected food and drink names website maintained by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 8 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Kikuchi Suiden Gobo was added onto the UK GI register as a protected product on 8 March 2024. The department has amended the press release of 27 February 2024 to include Kikuchi Suiden Gobo. The updated press release can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-businesses-welcome-protection-for-iconic-british-food-and-drink-in-japan.</p><p>The entry for Yatsushiro Tokusan Banpeiyu was delayed but has now been completed and is listed alongside the other 37 first tranche products from Japan.</p><p>The UK was unable to register Iwate Mokutan as a GI because there is no classification under current UK domestic legislation which could include charcoal. The Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs wrote to the Japanese authorities in 2022 to explain this decision, which they accepted.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 20564 20566 question first answered 19/04/2024 10:52:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698958

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Food: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release of 27 February 2024 entitled UK businesses welcome protection for iconic British food and drink in Japan, what the outcome was of the application by the Japanese authorities to award geographical indication status in the UK to Iwate Mokutan/Iwate Kirizumi, as published for consultation by the Department for International Trade on 21 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Kikuchi Suiden Gobo was added onto the UK GI register as a protected product on 8 March 2024. The department has amended the press release of 27 February 2024 to include Kikuchi Suiden Gobo. The updated press release can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-businesses-welcome-protection-for-iconic-british-food-and-drink-in-japan.</p><p>The entry for Yatsushiro Tokusan Banpeiyu was delayed but has now been completed and is listed alongside the other 37 first tranche products from Japan.</p><p>The UK was unable to register Iwate Mokutan as a GI because there is no classification under current UK domestic legislation which could include charcoal. The Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs wrote to the Japanese authorities in 2022 to explain this decision, which they accepted.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 20564 20565 question first answered 19/04/2024 10:52:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698959

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Food: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK businesses welcome protection for iconic British food and drink in Japan, published on 27 February 2024, how many food and drink products are included in the second group for which her Department are seeking geographical indication protection in Japan under the terms of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>For the second tranche of GIs, the UK has put forward 39 food and drink products seeking GI protection under the terms of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership. The second group is set to be announced once Japan has concluded its examination of the names.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/04/2024 09:30:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698965

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Liability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value of her Department's (a) remote and (b) non-remote quantifiable contingent liabilities was on (i) 31 March (A) 2017, (B) 2018, (C) 2019, (D) 2020, (E) 2021, (F) 2022 and (G) 2023 and (ii) 26 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The value of departmental contingent liabilities for the periods up to and including the 2022/23 financial year have already been published in the former Department for International Trade's Annual Report and Accounts which is available at the following location:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts.</p><p>Contingent liabilities for the current financial year will be published in the Department for Business and Trade's Annual Report and Accounts in due course.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 17/04/2024 18:45:56 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698377

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 to Question 14506 on Small Businesses: Telephone Services, how much her Department spent on the operation of the Business Support Helpline in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government supports all types of businesses through its core services, including GOV.UK and Growth Hubs operating in England.</p><p>Additionally, we also provide, as part of this package of support, The Business Support Helpline, which provides information, advice, guidance, and support to around 30,000 people in England every year.</p><p>The chart below details our last three full years' spending on this service.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Business Support Helpline Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£4.026m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Years 20/21 expenditure was increased due to scale up activity in response to COVID and UK transition from the EU</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£1.887m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£1.889m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/04/2024 15:17:03 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1694187

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Commonwealth Games 2022: Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people from (a) the UK and (b) overseas, excluding speakers and hosts, were projected to visit in person the UK House venue run by her Department at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games from 28 July to 8 August 2022 in the final business case approved by her Department for that event.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>UK House was part of the wider Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Tourism, Trade &amp; Investment Programme business case led by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) &amp; West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for International Trade and Visit Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The final business case provides no UK House visitor projections, either virtually or in person.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 17336 question first answered 18/03/2024 15:35:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1694188

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Commonwealth Games 2022: Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many individuals were projected to visit virtually the UK House venue run by her Department at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games from 28 July to 8 August 2022 in the final business case approved by her Department for that event.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>UK House was part of the wider Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Tourism, Trade &amp; Investment Programme business case led by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) &amp; West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for International Trade and Visit Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The final business case provides no UK House visitor projections, either virtually or in person.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 17335 question first answered 18/03/2024 15:35:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry