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1679578

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
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	Fireworks: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Fireworks Regulations 2004 for mitigating the impact of fireworks on noise pollution.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	7939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Fireworks Regulations 2004 set a maximum noise limit of 120 decibels on all consumer fireworks. It should be noted, however, that many consumer fireworks go off at a noise level below this rate, as demonstrated in the Government’s noise testing research, published in February 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Lower noise fireworks are also commercially available to consumers to purchase if they wish to, potentially reducing distress to vulnerable groups and animals. The Government has no current plans to reduce the maximum permitted noise level of fireworks for consumer use but we continue to monitor the situation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/01/2024 11:35:06 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1656036

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Trade Advisory Groups
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 12 June 2023 to Question 188011 on Trade Advisory Groups, if she will list the dates of Trade Advisory Groups meetings that have taken place since June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	196076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Engagement on trade policy continues at all levels and with all our key stakeholders, to help secure the best outcomes for the UK in trade policy. Over summer 2023, convening Trade Advisory Groups have not formed part of our program of engagement.</p><p> </p><p>Following its creation, the Department for Business and Trade is considering how best to broaden and deepen our engagement with business and stakeholders to harness the power of the new Department.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/09/2023 16:37:55 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1653998

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	Eggs: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial impact of the UKs accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on the domestic hen egg industry.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	194833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>Global trade flows on shell eggs are minimal given difficulties in transporting over long distances and exports of egg products are not significant within the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) membership. The UK did not import any eggs from CPTPP Parties in 2022. We will retain tariffs on eggs and egg products until year 10 of the agreement. For Australia, eggs will remain subject to Most Favoured Nation tariff rates.</p><p><br> The British Poultry Council was included in the department’s Trade Advisory Group on agri-food, which met regularly. The British Egg Industry Council was included in a CPTPP roundtable with agricultural stakeholders. The consultation exercises run by the UK Government for CPTPP received almost 150,000 responses, and we published our response to these in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 194834 question first answered 26/07/2023 14:37:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1653999

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	Eggs and Poultry: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department held consultations with the (a) poultry and (b) egg industry before the UK's accession Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	194834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>Global trade flows on shell eggs are minimal given difficulties in transporting over long distances and exports of egg products are not significant within the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) membership. The UK did not import any eggs from CPTPP Parties in 2022. We will retain tariffs on eggs and egg products until year 10 of the agreement. For Australia, eggs will remain subject to Most Favoured Nation tariff rates.</p><p><br> The British Poultry Council was included in the department’s Trade Advisory Group on agri-food, which met regularly. The British Egg Industry Council was included in a CPTPP roundtable with agricultural stakeholders. The consultation exercises run by the UK Government for CPTPP received almost 150,000 responses, and we published our response to these in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 194833 question first answered 26/07/2023 14:37:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1651950

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Environment Protection: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications were received by UK Export Finance for green energy projects in (a) 2022 and (b) each of the previous four years; and how many and what proportion of those applications were successful.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	193351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The number of formal applications received by UK Export Finance (UKEF) for support for either projects featuring renewable energy generation or companies involved in the green energy sector, and the number of applications that were successful, were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Formal applications received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Successful applications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This does not include trade finance support for UK exporters operating in the green energy sector, which is typically lower value (facilities valued up to £25 million) and shorter-term (with maximum repayment terms of up to 5 years).</p><p>Other businesses made enquiries to UKEF about the nature of support available, but did not make formal applications for support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 17/07/2023 14:02:28 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1649960

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
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	Energy Charter Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of successful investor state dispute claims against the UK under the terms of the Energy Charter Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	192328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK has investment agreements with ISDS provisions with over 90 trading partners, including within the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). There has never been a successful ISDS claim brought against the UK, nor has the threat of potential claims affected the Government’s legislative programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/07/2023 16:51:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1649962

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
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	Energy Charter Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the Energy Charter Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	192330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from the Department for Business and Trade have been engaging with ministers and officials from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero on the Energy Charter Treaty and will continue to do so, as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/07/2023 15:33:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1649965

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
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	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on free trade negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	192332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>As of 31/05/23 the Department for Business and Trade (ex-DIT only) had 522 members of staff working on free trade negotiations.</p><p>Due to the ongoing Machine of Government changes, this figure does not include staff from ex-BEIS who will transfer over to the Department of Business and Trade, to join the Trade Negotiations group.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/07/2023 15:49:41 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1649665

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
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	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when her Department plans to publish the impact assessment of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	192100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment for the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will be published shortly after signature of the agreement’s Accession Protocol.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/07/2023 16:17:34 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1649666

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
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	Business: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much UK diplomatic posts charge businesses for export support.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	192101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>The majority of DBT support to exporters in the UK and overseas is delivered at no cost to businesses. This support ranges from our innovative Export Academy to the Export Support Service, from our International Markets hubs in nine regions globally through to the in-market expertise of DBT teams in Embassies and Consulates around the world.</p><p>We do levy a charge for some additional services, for example the exclusive use of UK Government property for events or the Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS) which provides market intelligence and connections at a rate of £55 per hour exclusive of VAT.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/07/2023 15:31:53 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury