Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 93431 on Trade Agreements: Japan, when each (a) committee and (b) working groups established by the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement plans to meet.

The following committees, under the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, were last held on the following dates:

• Working Group on Trade and Women's Economic Empowerment: 21 October 2021
• Committee on Trade in Services, Investment Liberalisation and Electronic Commerce: 1 November 2021
• Committee on Government Procurement: 25 November 2021
• Committee on Regulatory Cooperation: 04 February 2022
• Joint Committee: 24 February 2022
• Working Group on Wine (Trade in Goods): By written procedure on 1 January 2021
• Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: 27 April 2022
• UK-Japan Financial Regulatory Forum: 9 June 2022
• Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade: 29 June 2022
• Working Group in Motor Vehicles and Parts (Trade in Goods): 24 June 2022
• Committee on Intellectual Property: 28 October 2022
• Committee on Trade in Goods: 30 November 2022

The next Working Group on Trade and Women's Economic Empowerment is planned for January 2023. The Government is in discussions with Japan about appropriate dates for other committees.