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Written Question
Department for International Trade: Public Appointments
Tuesday 1st February 2022

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

The Department is committed to ensuring that all appointments under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, are conducted in accordance with Governance Code on Public Appointments.


As part of the recruitment process, references are taken up for all final candidates.


Written Question
Department for International Trade: Correspondence
Monday 12th July 2021

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many items of written correspondence from hon. Members sent to Ministers of her Department have been (a) received and (b) replied to since 1 April 2020; and how many of those responses were responded to by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials of her Department.

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

I refer the hon. Member to the answer to the answer I gave on 28 May 2021 to Question UIN: 6456.


Written Question
Music: Exports
Thursday 3rd December 2020

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what funding she has allocated to the Music Export Growth Scheme for (a) the remainder of the financial year 2020-21 and (b) future financial years.

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

My department has allocated £100,000 of new funding to the Music Export Growth Scheme for the financial year 2020-21. We are now starting to plan for 2021-22, including any export support for the UK music sector.


Written Question
Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
Tuesday 2nd July 2019

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the implications for his Department's policy on the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia are of the Court of Appeal ruling on 20 June 2019 in R (on the application of Campaign Against Arms Trade) v. The Secretary of State for International Trade.

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

The Government is carefully considering the implications of the Court of Appeal judgment of 20 June for decision making. While we do this, we will not grant any new licences for exports to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners (UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Egypt) for possible use in the conflict in Yemen. We disagree with the judgment and are seeking permission to appeal.

Extant licences are not immediately affected by this judgment but decisions about these licences are remitted to the Government to reconsider in the light of the judgment. The Campaign Against Arms Trade did not seek an Order to suspend licences and the Court has not ordered their suspension. The Court expressly clarified that the outcome of the reconsideration was not a foregone conclusion.


Written Question
Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
Tuesday 2nd July 2019

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the implications of the Court of Appeal ruling on 20 June 2019 in R (on the application of Campaign Against Arms Trade) v. The Secretary of State for International Trade are for his Department's policy on existing licences to export arms to Saudi Arabia.

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

The Government is carefully considering the implications of the Court of Appeal judgment of 20 June for decision making. While we do this, we will not grant any new licences for exports to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners (UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Egypt) for possible use in the conflict in Yemen. We disagree with the judgment and are seeking permission to appeal.

Extant licences are not immediately affected by this judgment but decisions about these licences are remitted to the Government to reconsider in the light of the judgment. The Campaign Against Arms Trade did not seek an Order to suspend licences and the Court has not ordered their suspension. The Court expressly clarified that the outcome of the reconsideration was not a foregone conclusion.