Written questions

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UK Trade with EU: Food and Livestock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, what assessment he has made of the effect of the frequency of sanitary and phytosanitary checks on the profitability of

30 Dec 2020 · Treasury

UK Trade with EU: Rules of Origin

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the cumulation provisions in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the profitability of UK exporters using components made in third countries.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Service Industries: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision for immediate mutual recognition of professional qualifications in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the abilit

30 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Expert Trade Advisory Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the members of her Department’s Trade Advisory Groups responsible for (a) agri-food, (b) automotive, aerospace and marine, (c) manufactured and consumer goods, (d) telecoms and technology, (e)

30 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what forecasts the Government has made for the growth in (a) UK GDP and (b) EU GDP in the 15-year period after the start of the implementation of the UK-EU Trade and Coop

30 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Service Industries: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what forecasts the Government has made for the growth in (a) UK exports of services to the EU and (b) EU exports of services to the UK in the 15-year period after the sta

30 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what forecasts the Government has made for the growth in (a) UK exports of goods to the EU and (b) EU exports of goods to the UK in the 15-year period after the start of

30 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish a comprehensive and independently-verified economic impact assessment for the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

17 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Singapore

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason her Department did not include an essential elements clause relating to human rights in the UK’s free trade agreement with Singapore, absent an accompanying bilateral negotiation of an

17 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Singapore

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she had with her Singaporean counterpart on the potential negotiation of an equivalent to the EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement; and for what reason her Department ha

17 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Government's policy is on the principles underlying the 2009 EU agreement on the incorporation of essential elements clauses relating to human rights in new free trade agreements.

17 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Singapore

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what provisions there are in the UK’s Free Trade Agreement with Singapore allowing for that agreement to be suspended in whole or in part in response to serious violations by either party of the terms

17 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Singapore

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Paragraph 8.2 of the Explanatory Referendum on the UK’s Free Trade Agreement with Singapore, what paragraph of the joint political statement accompanying the agreement supports the U

16 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which of the Continuity Trade Agreements signed by her Department since 1 October 2020 were shown in draft form to (a) the members of the Trade and Agriculture Commission, (b) relevant members of her

15 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Internet and Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of her Department's dedicated (a) telephone helpline and (b) email service individuals and companies should use in the event that they have problems and questions a

15 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Department for International Trade: Internet and Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2020 to Question 119200 on Department for International Trade: Internet and Telephone Services, how many staff, by grade, operate the 45 information and advice sites for ha

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff, by grade, operate the HMRC business support (a) email enquiry service and (b) telephone enquiry service via the 0300 200 3310 helpline; and what hours those services will be fully staffed and operati

15 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff and at what grades are operating his Department’s business support (a) email enquiry service and (b) telephone enquiry service via the 0207 215 5000 helpline; and w

15 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Email and Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2020 to Question 119199 on Department for International Trade: Email and Telephone Services, how many staff, by grade, operate her Department’s (a) business suppo

14 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Food: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what methodology her Department used to calculate the Tariff Rate Quotas that the UK will apply after 31 December 2020 to imports of (a) processed shrimp, (b) frozen cod, (c) low and medium quality co

14 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Cheese: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK will have access to a separate tariff rate quota for industrial cheese under the UK-Canada Trade Continuity Agreement.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Cheese: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how the UK’s access to the EU share of Canada’s WTO cheese tariff rate quota will be administered; and what new administrative processes will need to be undertaken by (a) UK exporters and (b) Canadian

14 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Cheese: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, under what terms UK cheese producers will export to Canada after 31 December 2023 in the event that no further agreement is reached with Canada before that time.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Cheese: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the full details of the licensing procedures for UK-Canada cheese exports as agreed under the UK-Canada Trade Continuity Agreement and cheese tariff rate quota side-letter.

10 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the medical products designated for stockpiling under the (a) essential medicines buffer stock and (b) covid-19 supportive medicines stockpile for which the UK is asses

10 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she plans to lay before Parliament the texts of the Continuity Trade Agreements signed with (a) North Macedonia on 3 December 2020, (b) Egypt on 5 December 2020, (c) Kenya, Norway and Iceland on

9 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what date she first sought legal advice on the authorisation of the UK to impose tariffs on exports from the US after 31 December 2020 in retaliation against that country's subsidies for Boeing.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what statutory authorisation she will have to re-impose retaliatory tariffs on exports from the US after 31 December 2020 if satisfactory progress towards an agreeable settlement of the Boeing-Airbus

9 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions her Department has had with the World Trade Organisation since 30 September 2020 on the (a) authorisation of the UK to impose tariffs on exports from the US after 31 December 2020 in

9 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Vietnam

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the projected increases over the next 15 years in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms of (i) UK exports to Vietnam and (ii) growth in UK GDP which will result fr

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