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705761

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which countries he has established trade working groups in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	65671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department for International Trade are working closely with counterparts across a wide range of markets, in order to promote the UK as a great place to do business and with which to trade. We have announced nine working groups in the last 12 months: with Australia, China, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Israel, India, New Zealand, Norway, Turkey and South Korea. The GCC comprises 6 countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. As the PM announced during her visit to Washington, we will also take forward high-level talks with the USA.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/03/2017 13:50:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

673532

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Yemen: Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if the Government will offer credit guarantees to commercial shipping agents to ensure future food supplies to Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	60003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the issue regarding Yemeni importers’ access to finance for food imports and continues to lobby all parties to the conflict to facilitate commercial access.</p><p>The Department for International Development (DfID) is providing £1.4 million for the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to speed up the clearance process for ships, improve commercial confidence and reduce the price of basic goods. DfID officials are engaging with a range of partners to understand the issues for importer access to finance and explore potential solutions.</p><p>UK Export Finance has not been approached to provide credit guarantees for exports to Yemen, and is currently off cover due to the extremely poor risk outlook.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 24/01/2017 17:58:34 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

673642

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which international agreements, deals and memoranda of understanding the Government has signed with foreign governments relating to bilateral trade with the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	60174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK has entered into no bilateral free trade agreements with foreign governments over the last 12 months. While we remain members of the EU, the EU has competence for trade agreements. The UK will seek to take advantage of all the opportunities available to us to ensure that Britain becomes a global leader in free trade once we leave the EU.</p><p>DIT’s Colombia office has signed an MoU with the Colombian National Hydrocarbons Agency as part of the State Visit of President Santos. This MOU establishes linkages between the UK and Colombia as key strategic offshore hydrocarbons sector partners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 19/01/2017 15:00:34 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

671738

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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, how many export licences for the sale of guided missile kits to Saudi Arabia have been granted in the last five years; and when the last such licence was granted.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	59675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Guided missile kits are not standard descriptors used on strategic export licence statistics. Information on arms export licences including higher assembly platforms, are published as Official Statistics in the Annual and Quarterly Reports on Strategic Export Controls. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. They are available to view at GOV.UK.</p><p>All export licences are issued in strict accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 16/01/2017 17:54:54 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

671856

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the level of inward investment in the UK in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	59679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Ochil and South Perthshire to the answer I gave to the hon Member for East Ham today, UIN: 59624.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 16/01/2017 15:55:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

671859

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what inward investment levels have been in the UK in the last six months by (a) region and (b) sector.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	59537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Ochil and South Perthshire to the answer I gave to the hon Member for East Ham on 16 January 2017, UIN: 59624.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2017 16:20:54 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

658049

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what economic evaluation the Government has conducted on the potential effect of the proposed changes to export finance announced in the Autumn Statement 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	57309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The increase in export finance capacity announced in the Autumn Statement is a long-term measure designed to enable UK Export Finance (UKEF) to support significantly more UK trade in coming years. It supports the Department of International Trade’s objective of boosting the UK’s trade performance through promoting and supporting exports.</p><p> </p><p>There is strong interest in UKEF’s support. UKEF has evaluated that doubling its risk appetite will enable it to better exploit its £50bn portfolio capacity.</p><p> </p><p>Increasing individual country limits by up to 100% and up to a maximum of £5bn will help to meet identified demand for UK exports to some key markets. Each limit will be subject to a market review over the coming months and some country limits will be doubled.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these measures, UKEF has quadrupled the number of local currencies that it can support, making UK exports more attractive to overseas buyers and giving UK exporters a clear competitive advantage.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/12/2016 17:49:33 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

657340

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the level of exports from the UK in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	57270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade does not produce forecasts of exports.</p><p>The forecasts published by the Office for Budget Responsibility as part of the November 2016 Autumn Statement are given in Table 1 below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Forecasts of UK Exports, £billion, current prices </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Exports, £ billion, current prices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 (actual)</p></td><td><p>508.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (forecast)</p></td><td><p>537.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (forecast)</p></td><td><p>585.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 (forecast)</p></td><td><p>614.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (forecast)</p></td><td><p>633.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), November 2016 forecasts</strong></p><p><strong>Note: Since publication of these forecasts, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has detected an error in the trade data which affects the actual export figure for 2015, and therefore the OBR forecasts for subsequent years. As a result of the ONS error, the 2015 figure for exports has been revised up to £513.1 billion. </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/12/2016 13:09:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

657341

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many bilateral trade deals he estimates the UK will sign by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	57236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>As the UK leaves the EU, we have an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world, ensuring we become a global leader in free trade. We are working closely with counterparts across a wide range of countries and markets, in order to take all opportunities to promote the UK as a great place to do business and with which to trade.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/12/2016 13:35:54 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

657344

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of investor-state dispute settlement measures in supporting growth in international trade.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	57190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The government is currently reviewing its trade policy as the UK prepares to leave the EU. In light of this, the government is considering all options including the design of future bilateral trade and investment agreements, and the most appropriate means of providing investors with the necessary protections.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/12/2016 13:28:28 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh