Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department's Export Control Joint Unit is making on re-evaluating of extant export licences in relation to the export of arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Work to develop a revised assessment process enabling the Secretary of State for International Trade to re-take the licensing decisions remitted to her by the Court of Appeal’s judgment of 20 June 2019, has advanced steadily and significantly since the judgment. An announcement will be made once the Secretary of State is in a position to re-take these decisions.
Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when the appeal to the Supreme Court in in respect of the process for issuing arms export licences to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners will take place.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The listing of the hearing is a matter for the Supreme Court and it would not be appropriate to comment until the Court has published the hearing dates.
Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department's Export Control Joint Unit is making in developing a new licencing process in connection with exports to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Work to develop a revised assessment process enabling the Secretary of State for International Trade to re-take the licensing decisions remitted to her by the Court of Appeal’s judgment of 20 June 2019, has advanced steadily and significantly since the judgment. An announcement will be made once the Secretary of State is in a position to re-take these decisions.
Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
What recent steps the Government has taken to increase trade with the US.
Answered by Conor Burns
The US is our largest single trade partner, worth £199.5bn over the past 12 months. UK-US trade has grown by 33% over the last four years, compared to 22% for UK-EU trade. Last month the Trade Secretary and the Vice President discussed ways of increasing trade between our two countries even further. We are ready to secure an ambitious trade deal.