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1551936

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date	14/12/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the ability of UK lawyers to practice in India is being negotiated as part of the UK–India Free Trade Agreement; and if so, what progress they have made with this issue.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL4317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Trade met her Government of India counterpart Minister Goyal during her visit to India, 12-13 December, and emphasised how our services exports can help to grow India's dynamic economy. Talks continue to be productive, and we look forward to reaching a deal that is fair, reciprocal, and ultimately in the best interests of the British people and the economy.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 21/12/2022 17:12:54 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1551944

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
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 progress she has made on securing a free trade agreement with India.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	902812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has just returned from India, where she met her counterpart in the Government of India to discuss the free trade agreement, including goods, services, and investment. She also had the opportunity to meet Indian and UK businesses, who made clear the mutual benefits a forward-facing deal could bring to both nations.</p><p> </p><p>Round six is currently underway, and at its conclusion we will update the House via a Written Ministerial Statement.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/12/2022 11:45:22 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 42642 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1549705

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their policy paper UK-India free trade agreement: the UK’s strategic approach, published on 13 January, whether they have produced any short-run estimates for the impact of the prospective UK-India free trade agreement on (1) wages, and (2) output, by sector, measured by gross value added.
tabling member printed	Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
uin	HL4101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model used to estimate these benefits produces long run results: although not explicitly modelled, this is typically assumed to refer to a period of around 15 years after implementation. Because the model used is static, all changes resulting from the agreement are incorporated at once and therefore it does not capture short run impacts.</p><p> </p><p>India is projected to be the world’s third largest economy by 2050 and as India’s middle class grows to nearly a quarter of a billion middle class consumers, greater access to this market is expected to benefit UK firms.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston grouped question UIN HL4102 question first answered 21/12/2022 17:18:36 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4702 label Biography information for Lord McNicol of West Kilbride

1549706

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their policy paper UK-India free trade agreement: the UK’s strategic approach, published on 13 January, to what extent they consider the long-run estimates within the document applicable to the UK in the first 15 years of the trade deal being in effect.
tabling member printed	Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
uin	HL4102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model used to estimate these benefits produces long run results: although not explicitly modelled, this is typically assumed to refer to a period of around 15 years after implementation. Because the model used is static, all changes resulting from the agreement are incorporated at once and therefore it does not capture short run impacts.</p><p> </p><p>India is projected to be the world’s third largest economy by 2050 and as India’s middle class grows to nearly a quarter of a billion middle class consumers, greater access to this market is expected to benefit UK firms.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston grouped question UIN HL4101 question first answered 21/12/2022 17:18:36 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4702 label Biography information for Lord McNicol of West Kilbride