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1289738

registered interest
date	25/02/2021
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: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to strengthen the UK’s trade relationship with India.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	912444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>Earlier this month I visited India to deepen trade ties and agree a pathway towards a future FTA with the world’s biggest democracy. A closer partnership with India will help us lead the world in areas like science, tech and the green economy, driving jobs and growth across the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/02/2021 14:10:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

1289739

registered interest
date	25/02/2021
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: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to strengthen the UK’s trade relationship with India.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	912455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>Earlier this month I visited India to deepen trade ties and agree a pathway towards a future FTA with the world’s biggest democracy. A closer partnership with India will help us lead the world in areas like science, tech and the green economy, driving jobs and growth across the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/02/2021 14:11:24 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1288256

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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, whether arms sales granted an export license by the Government have been used by Saudi Arabia and their coalition partners in combat missions which have resulted in civilian casualties.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	156484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a robust export controls regime. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (the “Consolidated Criteria”).</p><p>We have been clear that equipment manufactured in the United Kingdom is used all over the world, and we are equally clear that a licence will not be granted if to do so would be inconsistent with the Consolidated Criteria.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 25/02/2021 12:45:14 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1287026

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Wool: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to promote British wool exports.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	155317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>Trade promotion campaigns in key markets; partnership working with stakeholders, such as the UK Fashion and Textiles Association, at tradeshows, like Premier Vision; leveraging of the DIT’s teams in 110 countries; financing and insurance from UK Export Finance; and the global promotion of the GREAT campaign; are some of the many measures being taken to support British wool exports.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/02/2021 17:53:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1287098

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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, if she will publish the £24.4 billion in export wins reported by her Department in its 2019-20 annual report by the nine target regions for export wins set out in that report, namely (a) Africa, (b) Asia Pacific, (c) China and Hong Kong, (d) Eastern Europe and Central Asia, (e) Europe, (f) Latin America and the Caribbean, (g) Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan, (h) North America and (i) South Asia.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	154868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department is not able to provide, reliably, the breakdowns requested.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 154869 question first answered 24/02/2021 17:56:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1287099

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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 Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the £4.92 billion in outward foreign direct investment wins reported by her Department in its 2019-20 annual report by the nine target regions for outward foreign direct investment wins set out in that report, namely (a) Africa, (b) Asia Pacific, (c) China and Hong Kong, (d) Eastern Europe and Central Asia, (e) Europe, (f) Latin America and the Caribbean, (g) Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan, (h) North America and (i) South Asia.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	154869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department is not able to provide, reliably, the breakdowns requested.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 154868 question first answered 24/02/2021 17:56:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1287349

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to join the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	154873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>Sustainable trade is a priority for the UK as an independent trading nation. We have already liberalised over 100 environmental goods in the UK Global Tariff and co-sponsored the new plurilateral Structured Discussions on Trade and Environmental Sustainability in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).</p><p> </p><p>We are actively considering further policy options, including the three policy areas which comprise the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS) - environmental goods and services liberalisation, ecolabelling and fossil fuel subsidies.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/02/2021 10:15:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1287561

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2020 to Question 115685 on Arms Trade Export Controls; what those errors were; what period of time elapsed before those errors were identified and the licences revoked; whether any inappropriate deliveries were made under those licences before revocation; and what steps her Department is taking to prevent similar errors recurring.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	155055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>One OIEL had one destination revoked (Isle of Man). The Isle of Man is a British Crown Dependency and we do not licence exports of military goods to there from the United Kingdom. A licence was issued on 9<sup>th</sup> January 2014, the error was identified on 10<sup>th</sup> February 2015 and the licence revoked 11<sup>th</sup> February 2015.</p><p> </p><p>One OIEL for a variety of goods to a large number of countries had some items for three destinations (Hong Kong, Mongolia and Taiwan) recommended for rejection by one adviser. A licence was issued on 12<sup>th</sup> May 2015, the error was identified on 29<sup>th</sup> May 2015, and the licence revoked on 3<sup>rd</sup> July 2015. The procedure for partial refusal recommendations from advisers has now been amended.</p><p> </p><p>One OIEL had 31 destinations revoked (Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Namibia, New Caledonia and Dependencies, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, St Helena, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, United States and Uruguay). The items included on this application required import authorisation from recipient countries before an export licence is granted specifying quantities, which could not be obtained. A licence was issued on 12<sup>th</sup> February 2019 and the error identified on 15<sup>th</sup> July 2019; the licence was revoked 17<sup>th</sup> July 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Two OITCLs for Sierra Leone had goods revoked because the licences were issued in error (Criterion 1). The activity licenced, which was the promotion of supply of less-lethal weapons, was outside the scope of policy as set out by Lord Howell on 9<sup>th</sup> February 2012. One licence was issued on 5<sup>th</sup> January 2017 and another on 14<sup>th</sup> June 2017. The errors were identified on 22<sup>nd</sup> July 2019 and the licences revoked 29<sup>th</sup> July 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We keep our processes under constant review and have an ongoing staff training programme. We do not hold information on any transfers that took place under these historic licences, but these licences have been corrected now. We have implemented a transformation programme which, amongst other things, will be improving our processes and control mechanisms, as well as implementing recommendations from an internal audit report.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 24/02/2021 13:36:16 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1286307

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
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: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much Official Development Assistance his Department (a) was allocated in (i) 2019-20 and (ii) 2020-21 and (b) will be allocated in 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	153343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade’s (DIT) final allocations for Official Development Assistance (ODA), as per the Department’s Supplementary Estimate were as following:</p><p><strong>a) i) 2019-20</strong> £5.4m</p><p><strong>ii) 2020-21</strong> £8.7m.</p><p><strong>b) 2021-22 allocations</strong>: £0m</p><p>[These figures include ODA received via the Joint Funds Unit as well as directly from the (former) Department for International Development.]</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/02/2021 15:17:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1286369

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
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: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with (a) her Indian counterpart and (b) representatives of Indian businesses on strengthening business, trade and investment relationships with (i) the British Overseas Territories and (ii) Gibraltar.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	153152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>In all trade deals, HM Government is seeking trade outcomes that support British Overseas Territories' economic interests, and which reflect their unique characteristics.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade and I have regular discussions with our respective counterparts. Most recently, the Minister for Commerce and Industry of India, Shri Piyush Goyal, and my Rt Hon Friend met on Saturday, 6<sup>th</sup> February 2021, at New Delhi, to discuss the Anglo-Indian trade and investment relationship. Discussions were held on the entire range of bilateral trade and economic relations.</p><p> </p><p>Following significant work over the last year, we have committed to launching an Enhanced Trade Partnership with India, through which both sides will continue to work to bring down trade barriers, open up opportunities for trade and investment, and chart the route towards a potential Free Trade Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena grouped question UIN 153153 question first answered 23/02/2021 12:34:00 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell