Dec. 19 2023
Source Page: PPN 12/23: North Macedonia Accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement & CPV Code AmendmentsFound: PPN 12/23: North Macedonia Accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement & CPV Code Amendments
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has taken recent steps to facilitate bilateral trade with North Macedonia.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Bilateral trade between the UK and North Macedonia was worth a total of £2.5 billion in the 4 quarters to end of Q4 2023, comprising of £1.7bn of exports and £787 million of imports. North Macedonia is the UK’s largest trading partner in the Western Balkans. The UK’s trade relationship is underpinned by the Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement (PTCA), signed in 2020. The inaugural PTCA Joint Committee met in 2022 and we hope to convene the second version later this year. In September 2023, the UK launched the British-Macedonian Business Chamber, as a symbol of the growing trade & investment partnership.
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to introduce a (a) visa exemption, (b) visa on arrival and (c) eVisa scheme for people from North Macedonia.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
There are no plans to introduce a visa exemption or visa on arrival for North Macedonians. The introduction of eVisas will help travellers prove their status at the UK border in a secure, timely and efficient manner. This introduction will not be country specific.
Dec. 19 2023
Source Page: PPN 12/23: North Macedonia Accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement & CPV Code AmendmentsFound: PPN 12/23: North Macedonia Accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement & CPV Code Amendments
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas his Department has granted to applicants from North Macedonia in each year since 2020.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visas granted, by nationality, are published in table Vis_D02 of the Entry clearance detailed dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate up to the end of 2023.
Mentions:
1: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) Government procurement—the GPA—which is negotiated by members of the World Trade Organization.North Macedonia - Speech Link
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: Report of the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, April 2024: UK responseFound: We particularly recognise the important role played by the OSCE Mission in supporting North Macedonia
Mentions:
1: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) There are also six signatories (Israel, Costa Rica, Montenegro, North Macedonia, the Russian Federation - Speech Link
Nov. 30 2023
Source Page: Minister for Armed Forces calls out Russian aggression during OSCE Ministerial CouncilFound: Minister for Armed Forces attends OSCE Ministerial Council in North Macedonia to call out Russian aggression
Jun. 02 2023
Source Page: When someone dies in North MacedoniaFound: When someone dies in North Macedonia