Barry Gardiner

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Remedies Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) to carry out independent investigations into trade disputes; and whether evidence supplied by British prod

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with officials in the EU on ensuring that UK steel exports to the EU will not be subject to safeguard measures in the event that the UK does not have a customs union agreem

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with the UK-US Trade Working Group on access for UK steel producers to US Government procurement contracts in a future trade agreement.

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Leader of the House on bringing forward a debate on parliamentary scrutiny and oversight of trade agreements.

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he plans to bring forward Government proposals on the scrutiny and democratic oversight of trade agreements; and what his policy is on the role that Parliament will play in that process.

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff in his Department were directly employed on negotiations in relation to (a) new trade agreements with (i) Australia, (ii) New Zealand and (iii) the US and (b) the UK's potential accessi

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: West Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress his Department has made in replicating the terms of the EU trade agreements with (a) Ghana and (b) Ivory Coast in new agreements with the UK.

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Developing Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what are the least-developed countries to which the UK plans to grant duty-free and quota-free access; and what are the further 25 countries that will be granted generous tariff reductions.

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Developing Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that those developing countries which access UK markets under the terms of a trade agreement with the EU do not face a disruption to trade in the event th

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

EU External Trade: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many agreements the Government needs to replicate to ensure continuity of trade between the UK and those third countries with which the EU has signed such agreements.

14 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

EU External Trade: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which states with which the EU currently has a trade agreement has approved proposals for the UK to remain a party to those agreements during the implementation period.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Strategic Trade Advisory Group

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress he has made in establishing the Strategic Trade Advisory Group.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Strategic Trade Advisory Group

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether votes will take place in the Strategic Trade Advisory Group; what system will be used to administer such votes; and whether the results of such votes will be published.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Strategic Trade Advisory Group

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how he plans to maintain confidentiality in respect of proceedings of the Strategic Trade Advisory Group; and whether members of that group will be prohibited from (a) discussing such proceedings and

23 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Strategic Trade Advisory Group

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what formal role the strategic trade advisory group will play in formulating trade policy.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Strategic Trade Advisory Group

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Call for expressions of interest in membership of the Strategic Trade Advisory Group, published on 16 July 2018, who will determine that members ar

22 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Remedies

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act 2018 whether there will be a presumption that the Trade Remedies Authority will impose a trade remedy unless it can be demonstrated that the neg

21 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Remedies Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the volume of (a) legislation and (b) regulations required to be (i) introduced and (ii) amended to give effect to the work of the Trade Remedies Authority; and how many o

21 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Companies: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of British companies in EU supply chains in which a party has an outstanding trade complaint being (a) considered and (b) investigated by the EU.

21 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Remedies: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether trade unions will be defined as interested parties in trade remedies investigations once the UK has an independent trade policy.

21 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Remedies

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the timeframe will be in which the Trade Remedies Authority will be required to conclude proceedings in respect of a WTO Article 5 investigation.

21 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Remedies

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether decisions of the Trade Remedies Authority on the imposition of a trade defence measure will take effect immediately or within a specified number of days.

26 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Qatar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he made of the ability of the Government of Qatar to obtain alternative funding for the import of (a) Typhoon and Hawk aircraft and (b) associated goods and services before providing U

25 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Qatar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether UK Export Finance support for the export of Typhoon and Hawk aircraft to the Government of Qatar will support British small businesses; and whether support through the Direct Lending Facility

25 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Arms Trade: Qatar

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's assessment was of the UK Export Finance proposal to provide financing support for the export of Typhoon aircraft and associated equipment and services to the Government of Qatar; and if he will

25 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Qatar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the letter of 20 June 2018 from the Chief Executive of UK Export Finance, what the size, time horizon and political nature are of the risks involved in the provision of financing to

25 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Qatar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the letter sent to him on 20 June 2018 from Louis Taylor, the Chief Executive of UK Export Finance, what assessment he has made of the (a) level, (b) time horizon and (c) political n

25 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Qatar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what human rights assessment the Government carried out in advance of its decision to provide the Government of Qatar with £4.5 billion of financing support for the export of Typhoon and Hawk aircraft

24 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Qatar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the breakdown of the £4.5 billion in financing support for the export of Typhoon and Hawk aircraft to the Government of Qatar is.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Qatar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) industrial, (b) economic and (c) foreign policy benefits that will be provided by the contracts for the export of Typhoon and Hawk aircraft and assoc