Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to coordinate its work with the Department for International Development to ensure that UK trade policy supports development in poorer countries.

A joint DFID and DIT team, working in London and across UK embassies and High Commissions, is responsible for ensuring that development and global prosperity priorities are reflected in UK trade and investment policy, and for shaping the UK's future trade arrangements with developing countries.