Lord Price

Conservative - Life peer

Became Member: 29th February 2016


Lord Price is not a member of any APPGs
Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee
17th May 2018 - 26th Mar 2019
Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
16th Jul 2016 - 28th Sep 2017
Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Trade and Investment)
4th Apr 2016 - 16th Jul 2016
Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Trade and Investment)
4th Apr 2016 - 16th Jul 2016


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Lord Price has voted in 260 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2019 Parliament

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Latest 2 Written Questions

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21st Apr 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on commodity producers in developing countries; and what support they plan to provide such producers.

The UK Government is working to assess and respond to the economic impact of COVID-19 on commodity producers. It is estimated that 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy – nearly half of the global workforce – stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed. When assessing the employment landscape of the areas my Department works in, most people are employed along food and agriculture supply chains, including production. Whilst the impact varies greatly across sectors, in the flower and tea sectors we are seeing an immediate lost to salaries as a result of unemployment.

That is why we are repurposing key bilateral and multilateral programmes to pivot to help commodity producers impacted. Our Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme has already repurposed its latest awards and is looking for do more with expected new funding. For example, 55 Farmers' Organizations supported by the programme in Bangladesh have already developed 57 virtual call centres to market perishable products through using social medias and mobile apps. This helps protect incomes while avoiding a spike in food insecurity. Our Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness programme is supporting smallholder producers in Malawi, Uganda and Nepal, to keep supply chains going through the crisis through support to transport and market access and increased use of digital technologies.

We are urgently examining what funding is needed and how we can have the biggest impact, working in partnership with business and addressing these issues in the most vulnerable countries. I look forward to being able to provide more information on this in due course.

21st Apr 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different age groups.

There is currently insufficient data to enable us to assess the precise economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on individual groups.

We recognise the challenges the current crisis is having on all groups in society, including the most vulnerable.

The Government has announced an unprecedented package of support – including boosts to Universal Credit, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), the Bounce Back Loan scheme, and the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme – which will help protect incomes, jobs, and support those most at need.