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date	18/03/2022
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: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which of the following protected UK geographical food and drink names were among the 77 proposed geographical indications submitted by her Department to the Japanese authorities on 30 April 2021 (a) Darnibole, (b) Gloucestershire Perry, (c) Traditional Bramley Apple Pie Filling, (d) Traditional Farmfresh Turkey, (e) Traditionally Farmed Gloucestershire Old Spots Pork, (f) Traditionally Reared Pedigree Welsh Pork, (g) Quality Sparkling Wine and (h) Regional Sparkling Wine.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	142421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>We cannot comment on specific applications that have been put forward for protection in Japan. However, Traditional Specialities Guaranteed (such as Traditional Bramley Apple Pie Filling, Traditional Farmfresh Turkey, Traditionally Farmed Gloucestershire Old Spots Pork and Traditionally Reared Pedigree Welsh Pork) and Traditional Terms (Quality Sparkling Wine and Regional Sparkling Wine) are not eligible for protection in trade deals in the same way as geographical indications, and would therefore not have been among the eligible protected names put forward.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/03/2022 17:55:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1452444

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
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: Japan
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 15 March 2022 to Question 133932, whether the Japanese authorities are expected to (a) begin public consultation on designation of the remaining 39 UK geographical indications before December 2022 and (b) provide their own proposed list of at least 38 additional Japanese geographical indications for public consultation in the UK at the same time.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	142422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Japan will carry out its domestic processes as appropriate. Our expectations are that the remaining UK geographical indications (GIs) will begin going through Japan’s domestic processes once the current set is completed, and that Japan will submit further GIs for our domestic processes once we have completed procedures for the current set.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/03/2022 17:49:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1437788

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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: Japan
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 29 April 2021 to Question 175773, if she will publish the list of 39 UK products among the 77 provided to the Japanese authorities on 30 April 2021 that are not currently going through Japan's procedures for the designation of geographical indications; and what estimate she has made of when those 39 products will start going through those procedures.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	133932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement already protects 7 UK geographical indications (GIs) in Japan, and provides scope to submit more for approval.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 April 2021, the UK submitted a list of 77 UK GIs to Japan. There were 84 GIs registered in the UK at the time. A full list of UK GIs registered domestically is available here: https://www.gov.uk/protected-food-drink-names.</p><p> </p><p>We agreed with Japan that all 77 GIs will undergo procedures in Japan as soon as possible. Due to the large number of GIs, Japan requested they be split into two batches to facilitate the necessary domestic procedures in Japan.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/03/2022 16:40:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1437789

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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: Japan
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 29 April 2021 to Question 175773, who was responsible for deciding which 38 UK products among the 77 provided to the Japanese authorities on 30 April 2021 should go through Japan's procedures for the designation of geographical indications during the first tranche; and how those decisions were made.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	133933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>On 30 April 2021 the UK shared a list of 77 UK geographical indications (GIs) with Japan. Due to the large number of GIs, Japan requested they be split into two batches to facilitate the necessary domestic procedures in Japan. All 77 GIs will undergo procedures in Japan.</p><p> </p><p>The 38 GIs were selected following consultations with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and a range of stakeholders. The selection took into consideration the views of devolved administrations, potential economic value, current export value, judgements on the potential for misuse and the geographic spread of products across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/03/2022 15:55:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1313369

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the answer of 26 October 2020 to Question 106261 and the publication of transparency data on 7 May 2021, how many members of staff, and at what grades, accompanied her on her visit to Japan from 21 to 24 October 2020; what the total cost to the public purse was of that visit for all UK attendees; and what the costs were of the (a) flights, (b) accommodation, (c) internal travel and (d) subsistence expenses for that visit.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely release information regarding accompanying staff on ministerial engagements.</p><p>The total cost for this visit were: £<ins class="ministerial">20,782.08</ins><del class="ministerial">18,884.38</del></p><p>A breakdown of costs is as follows:</p><p>a) Flights – £18,701.64</p><p>b) Accommodation – nil.</p><p>c) Internal travel – nil.</p><p>d) subsistence and expenses – £<ins class="ministerial">2,080.44</ins><del class="ministerial">182.74</del></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands previous answer version 505 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands 576 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands question first answered 18/05/2021 08:50:54 question first ministerially corrected 05/08/2021 14:35:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry