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Select Committee
Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Prime Minister

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Committee: Liaison Committee (Commons)

Found: Chair: Next is Liam Byrne, for the Business and Trade Committee.


Lords Chamber
Christians: Persecution - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Earl of Sandwich (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Now that we have entered a trade agreement with India, albeit that it is stalled at the moment, can the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Given the Minister’s extensive interest and work in this area, could he update the House on what transatlantic - Speech Link


Written Question
Monuments: Slavery
Thursday 21st March 2024

Asked by: Baroness Deech (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Mayor of London concerning the location of the memorial for victims of the transatlantic slave trade.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

His Majesty’s Government has had no discussions with the Mayor of London concerning this matter. At the recent Budget, HM Government provided £10 million to National Museums Liverpool, to help in part with its planned expansion of the International Slavery Museum.


Written Question
Foreign Investment in UK: USA
Monday 18th March 2024

Asked by: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States about the promises of investment made by the US President in his 12 April 2023 address at Ulster University.

Answered by Lord Johnson of Lainston - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The UK Government and Invest Northern Ireland hosted the NI Investment Summit in September, which was a great success in showcasing Northern Ireland’s innovation and technological strengths to around 200 global investors. A US trade delegation visited Norther Ireland in October, during which the New York State Common Retirement Fund announced a new $50m investment into companies based in Northern Ireland


Our network in the US continues to promote Northern Ireland as a prime investment destination. UK Government ministers are participating in a series of engagements around St Patrick's Day to strengthen the vital transatlantic partnership between the US and Northern Ireland.


Lords Chamber
United Kingdom: Union - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) can see which has a situation where it is divided in such a fundamental way, in terms of customs and trade - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) It is about shared history going back generations and pride in having ended the slave trade, being the - Speech Link
3: Lord Godson (Con - Life peer) The target of these is not any individual country, but the systems which service the transatlantic community - Speech Link
4: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) In Scotland, for example, the majority of outgoing trade is with the rest of the UK, more than with the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Gregory Campbell (DUP - East Londonderry) Whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on promoting trade between Scotland and - Speech Link
2: Gregory Campbell (DUP - East Londonderry) Importantly, will he ensure that people can see the improvement in business trade flows between Scotland - Speech Link
3: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) This group oversees how changes to price, supply and trade affect our markets. - Speech Link
4: Chris Grayling (Con - Epsom and Ewell) Last year, a number of us were on the first transatlantic flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel - Speech Link


Select Committee
Heathrow
IPO0031 - Industrial policy

Written Evidence Mar. 05 2024

Inquiry: Industrial policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: passed through Heathrow, delivering a positive trade balance of over £30 billion and demonstrating


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mar. 05 2024

Source Page: Science Minister speech at LEAP '24, Riyadh
Document: Science Minister speech at LEAP '24, Riyadh (webpage)

Found: of humankind becoming more prosperous, living longer, and building great civilisations through free trade


Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) Peace brings development; development brings trade; trade is to our advantage and brings more development - Speech Link
2: Baroness Prashar (XB - Life peer) if we build a refreshed strategic relationship with Europe, maintain—but not be subservient to—the transatlantic - Speech Link
3: Lord Farmer (Con - Life peer) Yet the UK signed a £7 billion trade partnership with Nigeria a matter of weeks ago. - Speech Link
4: Lord Skidelsky (XB - Life peer) The first is trade diversification. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Viscount Trenchard (Con - Excepted Hereditary) We are the only G5 country that can develop a new independent trade policy and, as such, we are able - Speech Link
2: Viscount Waverley (XB - Excepted Hereditary) It sees potential in increasing trade with Africa. - Speech Link
3: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) closest European partner, acting as the bridge between regionally focused continental countries and their transatlantic - Speech Link
4: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) With the Department for Business and Trade, we are negotiating new free trade deals. - Speech Link