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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 5th July 2021

Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the Rt hon. Member for the New Forest West constituency of 16 April 2021, on his constituent and difficulties in exporting and importing classic cars.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The Department for International Trade’s correspondence team has transferred your letter to the Cabinet Office for a response as the subject of the letter sits within their portfolio.


Written Question
Trade: Developing Countries
Thursday 25th April 2019

Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

What plans he has to ensure that the poorest countries in the world are able to take part fairly in global trade.

Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

We believe that the global, rules-based system is the most important protection poorer countries have. We will champion their interests through the WTO, enact a UK trade preferences scheme through the Taxation Cross Border Trade Act and then further improve their access to the UK market after we’ve left the EU.


Written Question
Foreign Investment in UK
Tuesday 19th March 2019

Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of international investment in the UK.

Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The UK retains the top position in Europe across, FDI projects, new jobs and greenfield capital expenditure.

The Department annually publishes its FDI performance as Official Statistics and has published one of the most comprehensive analyses of the economic impact of FDI in the world.

The links to each publication are as follows:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/department-for-international-trade-inward-investment-results-2017-to-2018,

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimating-the-economic-impact-of-fdi-to-support-dits-promotion-strategy-analytical-report