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874454

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Board of Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What the work programme of the Board of Trade is.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	904665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Not only has the Board of Trade met for the first time in 150 years, delivered its first overseas mission, and been out across the country meeting businesses, but later today, I will be travelling to Preston for the second meeting of the Board of Trade where I will be announcing a new National Trade Academy programme and the winners of the inaugural Board of Trade Awards - the BOFTAS.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 29/03/2018 10:52:49 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

873775

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for which periods since 2010, members of the the Gulf Cooperation Council received a green rating for each of the 22 groups of military items on the UK Strategic Export Control Lists.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	134889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>RAG ratings are not used to assess export licence applications.</p><p>Each export licence application is assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which provide a thorough risk assesment framework and require us to think hard about the impact of providing equipment and its capabilities.</p><p>Standard Individual Export Licence applications are sifted initially by end user destination into three broad categories: Red, Grey and Green. they have no bearing on the outcome of the application and are confidential.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 134891 question first answered 16/04/2018 15:02:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

873777

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, by what methodology the RAG ratings used by desk officers within the Export Control Joint Unit are determined.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	134891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>RAG ratings are not used to assess export licence applications.</p><p>Each export licence application is assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which provide a thorough risk assesment framework and require us to think hard about the impact of providing equipment and its capabilities.</p><p>Standard Individual Export Licence applications are sifted initially by end user destination into three broad categories: Red, Grey and Green. they have no bearing on the outcome of the application and are confidential.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 134889 question first answered 16/04/2018 15:02:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

874359

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Credit Guarantees: Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any British companies are receiving export credit guarantees for undertaking work in Sudan; and if so, which, and in what work they are engaged.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2018 answer text <p>Exports to Sudan are not eligible for UK Export Finance (UKEF) support. As such, no British companies are currently receiving export credit guarantees for work in Sudan.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 12/04/2018 16:07:43 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

872614

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much money his Department has spent on hospitality in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	134428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to fully separate the individual costs of hospitality from wider events management costs and venue hire fees. Department policy states that expenditure should be kept as low as possible, compatible with the occasion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/04/2018 15:39:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

872738

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of the ML4 rated arms licenses issued for export to Saudi Arabia was utilised in the period (a) 1 March 2013 to 28 February 2015 and (b) and 1 March 2015 to 30 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	134551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Our records show the following:</p><p>Period a) 20 Licences were issued, 12 Licences were fully utilised; 3 licences were partially utilised and 5 licences were not utilised;</p><p>Period b) 28 Licences were issued, 11 Licences were fully utilised; 7 licences were partially utilised and 10 licences were not utilised.</p><p>Licensing usage records rely on data provided directly by HMRC. The Department for International Trade is not responsible for the data and cannot verify its accuracy</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/04/2018 15:17:54 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

870191

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of UK trade agreements with developing countries on the economies of those countries after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	134061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Britain is an international leader on development, and the Department for International Trade is working with Department for International Development to ensure global prosperity is at the heart of our future trade policy.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring developing countries can use trade as an engine of poverty reduction, and trade agreements play an important role in this.</p><p>In 2016, the UK's total bilateral trade with countries that receive preferential access through unilateral preferences or Economic Partnership Agreements was £58bn.</p><p>Our first priority is to deliver continuity in our trading arrangements on leaving the EU.</p><p>In the future, the Government will also explore options to expand our relationships with developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/03/2018 15:59:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

870277

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
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: Saudi Arabia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of making future deliveries of arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia conditional on the government of Saudi Arabia making efforts to achieve peace in Yemen.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2018 answer text <p>All export licence applications are carefully assessed on a case by case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking into account all relevant factors at the time of application. A licence will not be issued for any country if to do so would be a breach of the Criteria. The policy remains as announced to parliament in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25 March 2014.</p><p><a href="http://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2014-03-25/debates/14032566000018/ConsolidatedEUAndNationalArmsExportLicensingCriteria" target="_blank">http://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2014-03-25/debates/14032566000018/ConsolidatedEUAndNationalArmsExportLicensingCriteria</a></p><p>The key test for the Government for our continued arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is whether there is a clear risk that those weapons might be used in a serious violation of IHL. The situation is kept under careful and continual review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 10/04/2018 13:42:47 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

870279

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
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 Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the UK’s ability to negotiate exemptions to trade tariffs, and (2) whether that ability will be stronger before or after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL6613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2018 answer text <p>Currently as a member of the European Union the UK is bound by the Common Commercial Policy that delivers a trade policy for all 28 member states. On leaving the EU the UK will be free to conduct trade negotiations that promote specifically UK interests, and maximise the benefit of trade for UK producers and consumers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 10/04/2018 13:56:38 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

870280

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
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 Barriers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the position the UK would take in the event of a global trade war; and in particular, with which country or countries the intend to ally the UK to maintain the current rules-based international trading system.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL6614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK fully supports the global rules-based trade system, open and free trade, and measures to tackle unfair trade where necessary. We maintain our position that multilateral action and a balanced, proportionate, WTO compliant approach remain the best ways of resolving issues within international trade without the need for escalation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead grouped question UIN HL6616 question first answered 10/04/2018 13:21:58 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley