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Written Question
Developing Countries: Fossil Fuels
Wednesday 24th June 2020

Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they give to policies for reducing the use of fossil fuels by 2050 when developing trading links with least developed countries.

Answered by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

The United Kingdom has long supported the promotion of our values globally, including ambitious global action to tackle climate change, and this will continue as an independent trading nation. We have already legislated to deliver net zero emissions in the United Kingdom, becoming the first major economy to do so.

Climate change is one of the most serious threats facing our world. We are committed to upholding the United Kingdom’s high environmental standards and will consider the mechanisms available to us, including through our trading relationships with Least Developed Countries.


Written Question
Food: Imports
Tuesday 17th March 2020

Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that any future trade agreements with other countries will require that no imported food or drink may contain any asbestos which could enter into the body of a consumer.

Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

We remain firmly committed to upholding our high food safety standards outside the EU. The UK’s independent food regulators will continue to ensure that all food imports into the UK comply with those high standards.


Written Question
Overseas Trade
Friday 8th December 2017

Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government with how many countries have they agreed to seek to establish a bilateral tariff-free trade agreement following Brexit.

Answered by Baroness Fairhead

We are talking to a number of countries about future trading options, including Free Trade Agreements. We are also using instruments like Joint Trade Reviews, a collaborative in-depth analysis into the mutual trading relationship between the UK and a partner country; to look for areas we can improve our bilateral trading relationships.

We will aim through these discussions to put in place various mechanisms to improve trading relations and remove barriers affecting UK businesses.


Written Question
Trade
Monday 31st October 2016

Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the latest estimate of the percentage of world trade which is transacted in pounds sterling.

Answered by Lord Price

HMG does not hold official data that directly measures the percentage of world trade which is transacted in pounds sterling.

According to the Bank for International Settlements, in the year up to April 2016 13% of the world’s foreign exchange transactions was conducted in pounds sterling.

[Source: Bank for International Settlements, Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange and OTC derivatives markets in 2016 – table D11.3 http://stats.bis.org/statx/srs/table/d11.3 ]