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Written questions

Barry Gardiner

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Feb 2017 · Department for International Trade

Imports: Jordan

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his policy is on maintaining the simplified rules of origin on Jordanian exports agreed by the EU in 2016 for the UK after the UK leaves the EU.

22 Feb 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his counterparts in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have raised the issued of abolition of farming subsidies during discussions on future trade agreements.

22 Feb 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: New Zealand

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether liberalisation of the UK's agricultural markets has been raised (a) in his discussions with his counterpart in New Zealand and (b) within the UK-New Zealand trade policy dialogue.

22 Feb 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether liberalisation of the UK's agricultural markets has been raised (a) in his discussions with his Australian counterpart and (b) within the Australia-UK trade working group dialogue.

26 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to address the pressure alerts that have been issued by local clinical commissioning groups.

26 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has to ensure local health providers are able to meet additional health care demands over winter 2016-17.

26 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Nurses: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account is taken of forecasts for the rate of inflation in determining pay increases for nurses.

20 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Fairs: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of potential merits of increasing funding for stands in trade shows; and for what reasons his Department did not support such a stand at the Eureka Park start-up zone at th

20 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support bespoke business matching and (b) help UK businesses maximise their market presence overseas.

20 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Beer: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of recent changes in the government funding provided to promote British businesses at trade shows on SME export growth in the brewing industry.

20 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Fairs: Germany

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reasons his Department decided not to provide funding for the Drinktec trade fair in Munich on 11-15 September 2017.

20 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Fairs: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reasons his Department provided financial assistance to companies attending the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas on 5 to 8 January 2017; and what criteria were used in allocating funds

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish the agendas and minutes of meetings (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have held with representatives of non-EU governments on trade matters since July 2016.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

World Trade Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Written Statement of 5 December 2016, HCWS316 on the UK's commitments at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), what assessment he has made of the effect of the draft WTO schedules on the

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Fairs: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what financial support his Department provided to (a) start-up and (b) other companies that attended the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas on 5 to 8 January 2017.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Fairs: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if his Department will make funding available to help businesses attend the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo in Washington DC on 13 April 2017; and if he will make a statement.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

World Trade Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has undertaken an audit of the compliance with World Trade Organisation rules of UK legislation relating to (a) health, (b) the environment, (c) waste management and (d) fisheri

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Investment: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has undertaken an investor state dispute settlement risk assessment of UK legislation relating to (a) health, (b) the environment, (c) waste management and (d) fisheries.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to his Department's news story of 9 January 2017, what criteria his Department used to determine which countries were included in the priority markets for growing UK trade.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Fairs

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department's decision to offer financial support to companies wishing to attend a trade show is determined by the location of that trade show.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with the UK's prospective trading partners on the UK's trading relationship with the EU after the UK has left the EU.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that the agendas and minutes of all meetings held by the (a) Australia-UK trade working group, (b) UK-New Zealand trade policy dialogue and (c) Norway-UK trade dialogue

19 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Innovation: Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of the UK tech and innovation industry abroad; and what assistance his Department is providing to businesses to build their brands abroad.

11 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on whether the UK will remain party to bilateral trade deals the EU currently has with other countries after the UK leaves the EU.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

EU External Trade: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to include representatives of the solar industry in trade discussions with China.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on food and farming exports in the event that the UK does not have tariff-free access to EU markets after the UK leaves the EU.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on food prices for products sourced from EU countries.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

UK EU Life Sciences Transition Programme Steering Group

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2016 to Question 55459, whether the UK/EU working group on life sciences was established by the Government.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

EU External Trade: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK solar sector of the EU Minimum Import Price for Chinese solar module imports; and if he will make a statement.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Community Energy: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to put into domestic law protection for the new rights for community energy groups introduced in the EU's Renewable Energy Directive and Electricity Directive on

Source: official written-questions record.