Asked by: Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has carried out an economic assessment of the effect on UK farming of removing tariffs on all agricultural products on all trade deals under negotiation.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
I refer my hon. Friend for North Dorset to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Harrow West on 25th May, UIN 2866.
Asked by: Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effect of changes in the UK's trading relationships with Australia’s main export markets on the potential volume of exports to the UK under a tariff-free trade agreement between the UK and Australia.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The scoping assessment for a UK-Australia agreement, published back in June 2020, assessed the potential impact on Australian exports to the UK under an illustrative scenario of a tariff-free trade agreement between the UK and Australia. It does not include an assessment of the effects of changes to the UK’s trading relationship with Australia’s main export markets.
Following the conclusion of negotiations, a full impact assessment will be published prior to implementation.
Asked by: Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish a list of (a) members of the Board of Trade and (b) trade envoys.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Board is chaired by my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board. She is its only standing member. The list of advisers to the Board of Trade is available on GOV.UK.
Regarding Trade Envoys, I refer my Honourable Friend to the answer given to Sir Christopher Chope by my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Greg Hands) on 9th November 2020, UIN: 111412.
Asked by: Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the membership of the Board of Trade is; and on what dates that Board met in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Board is chaired by the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board - its only standing member. The Board is also served by a Deputy President (currently Marcus Fysh MP) supported by a selection of advisers invited to offer views on trade and investment. Advisers represent businesses from across the UK and are crucial links into UK business sharing their specific expertise, sectoral and local knowledge.
a) 2018: Met four times: 29 March; 17 May; 6 September; and 15 November.
b) 2019: Met twice: 28 February and 16 May.
c) 2020: No meetings thus far.