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Preferential Trade Agreement with India — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
George Michael Edward Hollingbery (Conservative, Centre-right): India is an important part of our future trading arrangements. The UK-India joint trade review has enabled us better to understand the bilateral trade relationship by examining trade flows and barriers that could be jointly addressed. Collaboration is continuing to address barriers in the food and drink, life sciences and information and communications technology sectors. The appointment of Her Majesty’s trade commissioner in 2018 also provides a joined-up and co-ordinated Government effort to promote UK trade and prosperity in India.
Preferential Trade Agreement with India — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Robert John Blackman (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for his answer. He will be aware that the UK is the third biggest investor in India and India is the third biggest investor in the UK. What more can we do to ensure that we increase the trade as we leave the European Union and set out on our own free trade mission across the world?
Preferential Trade Agreement with India — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
George Michael Edward Hollingbery (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for his question. Crispin Simon, the aforementioned HMTC, is leading the Department’s network to grow trade in key sectors. UK exports to India grew by 28%, to £7.9 billion, in the year ending quarter 2 2018, making that seven consecutive quarters of growth. Goods exports increased by 38% in the same period. Following the launch of the UK-India technology partnership by the Prime Minister and Indian Prime Minister Modi in April 2018, there have been many successes, including the healthcare AI catalyst programme. We have worked closely with many companies, such as BT, Rolex, Diageo, GlaxoSmithKline, Marks & Spencer and G4S.
Preferential Trade Agreement with India — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
George Michael Edward Hollingbery (Conservative, Centre-right): All I can say is that the hon. Gentleman is entitled to his opinions, but I happen to disagree with him fundamentally. We have a close trading relationship with India, and we are working extremely hard to grow trade there. The figures I have already given him this morning demonstrate that there is potential in India, which we are exploiting and will continue to exploit if and when we leave the EU.
Preferential Trade Agreement with India — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: International Affairs
Gregory William Hands (Conservative, Centre-right): India of course is in the EU’s generalised scheme of preferences, whereas nearby countries such as Pakistan and Sri Lanka are in GSP+, with Bangladesh probably soon to join them. Does my hon. Friend agree that, if we were to adopt Labour’s customs union policy, we would have to accept EU trade preference policy without any say in its formulation? Does he also agree that that would lead to a big decline in UK foreign policy influence in south Asia and among diaspora communities in the UK?
Preferential Trade Agreement with India — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: International Affairs
George Michael Edward Hollingbery (Conservative, Centre-right): One reason why the Prime Minister has put forward the deal that she has to the House is that it allows the flexibility for us to engage in the ways in which my right hon. Friend expects us to be able to —actively with the south Asia region, and India in particular—and to prescribe our own preference schemes such that we can control our own rules.
Preferential Trade Agreement with India — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
George Michael Edward Hollingbery (Conservative, Centre-right): The Indian Government’s priority is likely to be trade with anybody with whom it suits. The hon. Gentleman simply needed to listen to the answer I gave a little earlier: there has been a 28% increase in UK exports to India, to £7.9 billion, in the year to quarter 2 2018, and a 38% increase in goods exports. We can conclude from that there is plenty of attention in India on UK trade.
Future Trade Agreements: Intellectual Property Rights — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
George Michael Edward Hollingbery (Conservative, Centre-right): The UK’s intellectual property regime is consistently rated as one of the best in the world. The Government are reviewing their future trade policy as we leave the EU. We will continue to consult widely with stakeholders on intellectual property provisions in future trade agreements to support inventors, creators, consumers, and food and drink producers.
Future Trade Agreements: Intellectual Property Rights — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
George Michael Edward Hollingbery (Conservative, Centre-right): Plainly, if the Prime Minister’s deal is accepted in the House of Commons, including by being supported by the Labour party, that will not be an issue. If we leave the EU without a deal, the regimes will be what they are. What I can say is that we are working incredibly hard on copyright, patents and enforcement to make sure that the creative industries, which are vital to the prosperity of this country, will be protected in the event of the UK leaving the EU.
UK Service Exports: European Single Market — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): In 2017, 46.8% of UK services exports went to the European single market—including the European economic area and Switzerland—worth around £130.5 billion. That represents around 21% of total UK exports. Leaving the EU gives us the freedom to pursue an independent trade policy with countries around the world that reflects our unique strengths in services.
UK Service Exports: European Single Market — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): Actually, the share of our exports to the European Union accounted for by services is less than our average exported to the rest of the world. In fact, the future of our services will be dependent on global services arrangements, and outside the EU we will have a golden opportunity to shape the global services agenda in a way that suits the United Kingdom’s best interests. It is time that we in this House started to reflect the optimism and confidence of the British public who voted to leave the EU.
Leaving the EU: UK Steel Sector — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Questions: What steps he is taking to ensure that the UK steel sector can continue to trade without disruption after the UK leaves the EU.
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): We are working closely with the UK steel sector to provide as much continuity as possible in trading arrangements after we leave the EU. This includes establishing the Trade Remedies Authority to help to prevent unfair trading practices and identifying more than half a billion pounds’-worth of opportunities for UK steel producers.
Leaving the EU: UK Steel Sector — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What steps he is taking to ensure that the UK steel sector can continue to trade without disruption after the UK leaves the EU.
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not recognise that description; the Government are indeed involved in talks with the industry about safeguards. The hon. Lady will know that the best way to avoid the problems she identifies is to support the Prime Minister’s deal. Those who keep talking about the pitfalls of no deal but keep voting against a deal are making those pitfalls more likely.
Leaving the EU: UK Steel Sector — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Questions: What steps he is taking to ensure that the UK steel sector can continue to trade without disruption after the UK leaves the EU.
Kevin Paul Hollinrake (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that our future trade policies must protect UK businesses, including in the steel sector, against unfair competition from abroad? It cannot be right for Parliament to expect our businesses to respect high standards on the environment, workplace or welfare and then compete freely with businesses abroad that do not.
Leaving the EU: UK Steel Sector — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Questions: What steps he is taking to ensure that the UK steel sector can continue to trade without disruption after the UK leaves the EU.
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): That is exactly why, in the Trade Bill, the Government introduced the Trade Remedies Authority to ensure that we have protections against unfair global competition in future. It seems absolutely inexplicable that the Labour party keeps talking about protections but voted against the Trade Bill and the establishment of the Trade Remedies Authority.
Leaving the EU: UK Steel Sector — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What steps he is taking to ensure that the UK steel sector can continue to trade without disruption after the UK leaves the EU.
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): What the time is right for is reaching an agreement with the European Union, as the Prime Minister has set out, that will give us that certainty. Those who consistently vote against that deal are the ones putting industries at risk.
Leaving the EU: UK Steel Sector — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What steps he is taking to ensure that the UK steel sector can continue to trade without disruption after the UK leaves the EU.
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government have made no decision on this. When we do so, we will communicate it to stakeholders, the public and Parliament. Of course, the best way to avoid any of this scenario is for us to have a deal with the European Union. Whipping up fear over people’s jobs is simply the humbug that has become the hon. Gentleman’s hallmark.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): My departmental responsibilities are to have foreign and inward direct investment, to establish an independent trade policy and to promote the United Kingdom’s exports. I am pleased to announce to the House this morning that UK Export Finance will provide £49 million of support for Darlington-based firm Cleveland Bridge to construct 250 bridges for rural Sri Lankan communities.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Luke Patrick Graham (Conservative, Centre-right): International trade is a reserved power. What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to engage MPs in the devolved nations to ensure both that they are helping to form policy and that the DIT is properly resourcing devolved nations?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right that trade is a reserved power, but we work with parliamentarians across the House through our regular briefings with MPs, which MPs from all parties attend, our international events programme, online services and the Board of Trade, which I established, to ensure that the benefits of trade are equally felt across all the parts of the United Kingdom.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): We will not want to see trade disputes drag on longer than necessary, and we will want to co-operate with our European partners in that regard. Of course, the best way to ensure that we have the highest level of co-operation on the disputes that are currently under way is to agree to the Prime Minister’s deal.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Questions: What progress on trade reform and WTO reform was made at the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting? In particular, was consideration given to continuity arrangements with countries such as Turkey so that Ford engines can continue to be fitted to Ford Transits built in Turkey?
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): A number of issues were discussed with Trade Ministers in Davos, including those of continuity. They also included how complex global value chains will be dealt with in the future, because, as my right hon. Friend has said, when the WTO was created the global economy was not so dependent on them. We need to look at how we deal with the question of tariffs and multiple, repeated taxation in industries such as the car industry.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Questions: What progress on trade reform and WTO reform was made at the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting? In particular, was consideration given to continuity arrangements with countries such as Turkey so that Ford engines can continue to be fitted to Ford Transits built in Turkey?
George Michael Edward Hollingbery (Conservative, Centre-right): I can say straightforwardly that the anti-subsidy and anti-dumping measures that are currently in place in the EU have been widely consulted on with British industry, and particularly with the steel sector, as the hon. Gentleman will appreciate. We will be transitioning the measures that are important to those industries. The same process has been gone through for safeguarding, and the same result will occur.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Questions: What progress on trade reform and WTO reform was made at the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting? In particular, was consideration given to continuity arrangements with countries such as Turkey so that Ford engines can continue to be fitted to Ford Transits built in Turkey?
Gregory William Hands (Conservative, Centre-right): Will the ministerial team update us on progress in seeking continuity of some of the other EU trade agreements, particularly those in Canada and in Africa, many of which, of course, the Opposition opposed in the first place?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Government Operations
Questions: What progress on trade reform and WTO reform was made at the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting? In particular, was consideration given to continuity arrangements with countries such as Turkey so that Ford engines can continue to be fitted to Ford Transits built in Turkey?
George Michael Edward Hollingbery (Conservative, Centre-right): I simply say what I have said to the House on a number of occasions: we are making good progress on many of those agreements. I have already signed three of them very recently and deposited them with the House. We will continue to update the House as progress is made, and we will bring forward a report in the next week or two, which will help elucidate the matter further.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Questions: What progress on trade reform and WTO reform was made at the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting? In particular, was consideration given to continuity arrangements with countries such as Turkey so that Ford engines can continue to be fitted to Ford Transits built in Turkey?; Employment rights are human rights, so what is the Minister doing to ensure that no trade agreement is signed that undermines our standards in employment rights, health and safety rights and equality rights?
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): We set out in the trade agreement that this House supported on Canada the non-regression clauses that said we would not water down labour rights or environmental standards, or give away Government control on public service regulation, in order to reach agreement. I supported that and my colleagues supported that in the House, but the Labour party voted against it; I do not understand why.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Questions: What progress on trade reform and WTO reform was made at the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting? In particular, was consideration given to continuity arrangements with countries such as Turkey so that Ford engines can continue to be fitted to Ford Transits built in Turkey?; Employment rights are human rights, so what is the Minister doing to ensure that no trade agreement is signed that undermines our standards in employment rights, health and safety rights and equality rights?
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): Food and drink is one of this country’s most successful export sectors, but a lot of areas of it, particularly those such as spirits—I had discussions with the Scotch Whisky Association just a couple of nights ago—face very high tariffs in countries such as India and Brazil. They are enormous markets for us, but we face disproportionate tariffs, and that is one of the key areas where we seek unilateral reform in such countries so that they can show that they are genuinely committed to free trade.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Foreign Trade
Questions: What progress on trade reform and WTO reform was made at the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting? In particular, was consideration given to continuity arrangements with countries such as Turkey so that Ford engines can continue to be fitted to Ford Transits built in Turkey?; Employment rights are human rights, so what is the Minister doing to ensure that no trade agreement is signed that undermines our standards in employment rights, health and safety rights and equality rights?
Liam Fox (Conservative, Centre-right): Our working group with the United States on future trade has met a number of times. There is broad agreement that we should have a free trade agreement with the United States. That would open up huge possibilities for the United Kingdom. There has been a lot of talk in the news this week about the ceramics industry; it would benefit from a free trade agreement with the United States, not least by the removal of the 27% tariffs that it currently faces for UK exports.
Non-disclosure Agreements: Regulation — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Labor
Kelly Jane Tolhurst (Conservative, Centre-right): Non-disclosure agreements have a legitimate place in the workplace and can cover matters other than harassment or discrimination. For example, they have a legitimate use in the protection of trade secrets and when a settlement has been reached. As I have outlined, we will be consulting on the issue, and we are determined to make matters easier for workers.
Domestic Abuse Legislation and Immigration Status — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.; What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.; What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): I would ask the hon. Gentleman to advise those working in the refuge to help the women he describes in seeking the destitute domestic violence concession. The point of that concession is to provide immediate crisis support to women and children who are victims of domestic abuse, giving them three months’ leave to remain so that they can find new homes and reflect on their situation, and also have access to public funds.
Domestic Abuse Legislation and Immigration Status — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.; What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.; What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.
Luke Patrick Graham (Conservative, Centre-right): Support for domestic violence victims is devolved to different tiers of government right across the United Kingdom. What is my hon. Friend doing to support different levels of government to make sure that victims get consistent support across our United Kingdom?
Domestic Abuse Legislation and Immigration Status — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.; What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.; What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend raises an important point that we are seeking to address through the domestic abuse Bill with the appointment of a domestic abuse commissioner. I am very grateful to my colleagues in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government who are in the process of conducting a review of services nationally. The role of the commissioner will be to hold local and national Government, and stakeholders, to account as to the provision of services in areas across the country so that there is no possibility of a postcode lottery.
Domestic Abuse Legislation and Immigration Status — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.; What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.; What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status.
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): I do; I hope the hon. Lady understands that I cannot comment on a particular case at the Dispatch Box, but that is why we have the destitute domestic violence concession—to give immediate crisis support to victims of domestic abuse whose residency status depends on the partner who may well be abusing them.
Workplace Equality: Flexible Working — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Labor
Questions: What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on improving access to flexible working to increase workplace equality.
Penelope Mary Mordaunt (Conservative, Centre-right): Flexible working is crucial to support women and men in balancing work and caring responsibilities. That is why the Government Equalities Office is working with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the flexible working taskforce in using our research programmes to develop evidence-based guidance for employers.
Workplace Equality: Flexible Working — House of Commons, 2019-02-07
Topic: Labor
Questions: What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on improving access to flexible working to increase workplace equality.
Penelope Mary Mordaunt (Conservative, Centre-right): We have announced our intention to consult on these very matters, but I would also say that, as that will take a little while, employers should not wait for it. We know that by offering flexible working they are going to have a bigger pool of talent from which to pick their employees.