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Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Oct. 17 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Oct. 17 | Topical Questions | Topical Questions |
| Oct. 07 | Urgent Questions | US Tariffs: Scotch Whisky |
| Oct. 30 | Written Statements | Work of the Department |
| Jul. 23 | Westminster Hall | UK Trade and Investment Strategy |
| Mar. 20 | Adjournment Debate | Small Business Exports |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
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| Trade Bill 2017-19 | 3rd reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 20 March, 2019 | 23 May 2019, 3 p.m. | ||
| The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. Make provision about the implementation of international trade agreements; to make provision establishing the Trade Remedies Authority and conferring functions on it; and to make provision about the collection and disclosure of information relating to trade. | ||||
| Date | Title | Type |
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| Dec. 12 | Requesting a review when UK NCP rejects a complaint | Guidance and Regulation |
| Dec. 05 | Notice to exporters 2019/16: open general licences updated | Guidance and Regulation |
| Dec. 05 | Open general export licence (chemicals) from December 2019 | Guidance and Regulation |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
| Date | Title | Questioner |
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| 5 Nov 2019, 4:51 p.m. | Department for International Trade: Honours | Seema Malhotra |
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Question To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of staff in her Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50. Answer (Conor Burns) The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on GOV.UK and a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/culture-and-community/civic-participation/honours-recipients/latest Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. The numbers of honours recipients in the Department for International Trade are very small and vary from year to year. Releasing the requested data would identify the individuals when they have given permission for their data to be used for statistical purposes only. |
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