Written Question
Thursday 17th September 2020
Asked by:
Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the additional annual cost to UK food and drink manufacturing businesses of the application of the published UK global tariff.
Answered by Greg Hands
The UK Global Tariff (UKGT) is tailored to the UK economy and balances the interests of UK consumers and producers. It is a lower tariff regime than the EU’s Common External Tariff. In designing the UKGT, we assessed all available evidence submitted during the public consultation in depth and considered a range of factors, such as the five principles set out in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.
The UKGT eliminates tariffs on imports where the UK has limited domestic production, which may lower cost pressures for UK households and businesses.
We will publish more analysis in the Taxation Information and Impact Note (TIIN) alongside the legislation, as is standard practice.
Written Question
Thursday 17th September 2020
Asked by:
Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information she holds on the potential effect of the application of the published UK global tariff on the average weekly family grocery purchase.
Answered by Greg Hands
The UK Global Tariff (UKGT) is tailored to the UK economy and balances the interests of UK consumers and producers. It is a lower tariff regime than the EU’s Common External Tariff. In designing the UKGT, we assessed all available evidence submitted during the public consultation in depth and considered a range of factors, such as the five principles set out in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.
The UKGT eliminates tariffs on imports where the UK has limited domestic production, which may lower cost pressures for UK households and businesses.
We will publish more analysis in the Taxation Information and Impact Note (TIIN) alongside the legislation, as is standard practice.
Written Question
Tuesday 30th June 2020
Asked by:
Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on (a) opinion polling and (b) focus groups in each month since January 2019.
Answered by Greg Hands
The information requested is not held centrally by the Department for International Trade and therefore can only be provided at disproportionate costs.
All the Department’s contracts of over £10,000 can be found on the Government Contracts Finder web-site at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Minister will be aware of the concerns of businesses and, in particular, of producers supporting our regional economies about the impact of the proposed most favoured nation tariffs on their capacity to attract investment in new technology that is essential for our transition to net zero. What assessment has …..."Judith Cummins - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"I thank the Minister for that answer, but he is not addressing the specific concern that the tariff schedule could hurt domestic producers by stifling FDI in precisely the places in the country that need it most. Are the Government really going to ignore industry concerns, potentially costing jobs?..."Judith Cummins - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Global Britain
"It is a pleasure to respond to this important, wide-ranging debate. The Opposition welcome the opportunity to discuss Britain’s place in the world at this critical juncture for the future of our country. Although we formally leave the EU at 11 o’clock tomorrow, there are still a great many unanswered …..."Judith Cummins - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Global Britain
"I welcome that intervention. I will answer it very, very bluntly: we do want reform of the WTO rules.
I turn now to a couple of specific challenges that we face over the coming years. The Government’s announcement on Tuesday regarding the role that Huawei will be allowed to play …..."Judith Cummins - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Global Britain
"I thank my friend for that intervention. I certainly agree that colleagues like Nic Dakin, the former Member and friend from Scunthorpe, and my hon. Friend the Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden), who is co-chair of the all-party steel group, have done sterling work and made very powerful contributions …..."Judith Cummins - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"As the Minister will know, free ports existed in this country until 2012, when they were abandoned under the coalition Government due to a lack of evidence for their economic benefits. Will the Minister guarantee that if new free ports are introduced, jobs and investment will not simply be displaced …..."Judith Cummins - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"6. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on transitional arrangements for women born in the 1950s since the High Court judgment of 3 October 2019. ..."Judith Cummins - View Speech
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