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Written questions

Liam Byrne

854 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government’s sanctions policy priorities are; and whether his Department plans to publish an updated strategy.

12 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how the Government assesses the (a) effectiveness and (b) impact of sanctions policies.

12 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Export Controls and Sanctions: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure effective cross-government working on (a) sanctions and (b) export controls (i) policy, (ii) implementation and (iii) enforcement between (A

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his policy is on companies moving their registration overseas when they have been found in breach of export licence conditions and the Government has imposed a requirement that they return the exp

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

MNG Maritime: Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on how many occasions and for what reasons MNG Maritime was granted extensions to the deadline to return to the UK the weapons stored in the Vessel Based Armouries it operated following his Department’

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Shipping: Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the weapons stored in Vessel Based Armouries operated by MNG Maritime were returned to the UK following his Department’s revocation in July 2023 of si

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Shipping: Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy that vessel based armouries export licence applications should include an undertaking to return the licensed (a) goods and (b) items to the UK if an approved licence is (i

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Shipping: Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy that vessel based armouries export licence applications should include an assessment of available alternative licensed storage facilities in the event that a licence is (a

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Shipping: Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review the export control licensing process for vessel based armouries.

8 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Foreign Investment in UK: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 18 April 2024 on Economic Security, HCWS415, when he plans to consult on updates to (a) the mandatory areas and (b) how these are defined under the National Security an

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Inflation: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the US Inflation Reduction Act on UK businesses.

8 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU Economic Security Strategy on UK businesses.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Imports: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of US Executive Order 14105, entitled Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Product

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Investment: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to section 1.3 2. of the UK-US Atlantic Declaration, what discussions his Department has had with US counterparts on the coordination of UK and US outbound investment controls.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Investment: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to section 1.3 2. of the UK-US Atlantic Declaration, what progress his Department has made on engaging with (a) business and (b) financial stakeholders to develop an evidence base to (i)

6 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Section 1.3 2. of the UK-US Atlantic Declaration, what progress he has made on (a) enabling the UK and US export controls toolkits to work in a complementary way, (b) implementing exp

6 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Trade agreements: USA

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Atlantic Declaration, updated on 21 June 2023, who is the lead (a) minister and (b) official for (i) a shared workplan on critical and emerging technologies, (ii)

6 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Trade agreements: USA

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Atlantic Declaration, updated on 21 June 2023, what progress he has made on (a) a shared workplan on critical and emerging technologies, (b) collaborative Research

6 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost is of legal fees related to Post Office IT Horizon redress paid to external law firms by (a) scheme and (b) firm.

30 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) policy reviews, (b) new and revised strategies, (c) green papers and (d) white papers relating to the policy areas covered in the (i) The Integrated Review 2021, published on 16 March 2021, and (ii) Int

30 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

National Security Council

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement entitled Cabinet Committees, published on 10 October 2024, HCWS118, for what reason the Secretary of State for Business and Trade is no longer a permanent member of the Na

30 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

National Security Council

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement entitled Cabinet Committees, published on 10 October 2024, HCWS118, for what reason the National Security Council Economic Security sub-committee has been abolished; and w

18 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of (a) UK and (b) other countries' sanctions on individual vessels on preventing Russian circumvention of oil exp

18 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the sanctions placed on individual vessels announced by his Department on 11 September 2024 and 17 October 2024, what additional steps he has (a) taken and

9 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Development: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Communities Opportunities Fund has been abolished.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on how many occasions the Change in Circumstances Review assessment process in the Export Controls Joint Unit has led to extant export licences being suspended in each year since 2010; and what the des

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on how many occasions the Change in Circumstances Review assessment process in the Export Controls Joint Unit has led to extant export licences being revoked in each year since 2010; and what the desti

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria are used to decide to initiate the Change in Circumstances Review process in the Export Controls Joint Unit.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Change in Circumstances Reviews were undertaken in the Export Controls Joint Unit in each year since 2010; and which countries were subject to each such review.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many export licence applications were escalated to the dispute resolution mechanism or complex cases mechanism in each year since 2010; and what the destination country was in each such case.

Source: official written-questions record.