Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2020 to Question 1338 on Overseas Trade: Wales, whether she has met representatives of Trade and Invest Wales on promoting Wales’ trading interests.

In September 2019, I met with the Noble Baroness Morgan of Ely, Welsh Government Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language, in Newport. We discussed how we might work together more closely on trade promotion and create greater synergies across our sector teams. Present at the meeting, accompanying Baroness Morgan, was Andrew Gwatkin, Director – International Relations and Trade for Welsh Government.

In addition, UK officials regularly engage with Welsh Government, to increase awareness of the Department for International Trade’s offer available to businesses in the devolved nations through communications, bilateral visits, and the Executive and Partnership Forums.