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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 12 May 2021
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, this has been an absolutely fascinating debate. I can say with confidence to the Government that they can expect the Bills that they bring to this House to be extensively amended and, of course, improved.

I begin with the two maiden speakers that we had today and our …..."
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Written Question
UK Export Finance: Senior Civil Servants
Wednesday 21st October 2020

Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are at UK Export Finance at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.

Answered by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

UK Export Finance (UKEF) is the most ethnically diverse department in the civil service, with 30.7% of staff from BAME backgrounds.

The numbers of BAME civil servants in UK Export Finance at senior civil service (SCS) grades is attached.

Written Question
Department for International Trade: Senior Civil Servants
Wednesday 21st October 2020

Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are at the Department for International Trade at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.

Answered by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

The number of Department for International Trade (DIT) staff at Senior Civil Servant (SCS) grade (excluding UK Export Finance) who have self-reported as BAME on departmental systems is 18. Of these, 14 are SCS1 grade. To protect anonymity, where identifiable characteristics are 5 or lower these are redacted, so for the remaining 4 individuals (18 total BAME staff minus 14 SCS1 grade) their SCS grades are undisclosed.

The reference date for this data is 30th September 2020. This figure only includes civil servants employed by DIT, working in the UK and on DIT payroll and UK based civil servants working overseas paid via FCDO payroll who are currently engaged in delivering DIT objectives. It is also dependent on individuals self-reporting as BAME on our HR systems. It does not include staff on loan to DIT from other government departments but who remain on their home departments payroll, contractors, military staff, people on secondment from other organisations, locally employed staff working overseas, those who are on loan or secondment out of DIT, on unpaid special leave or career break.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 01 May 2019
Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation

"My Lords, I cannot pretend expertise on trade Bills. We have heard brilliant speeches here today, but I want to raise four issues with the Minister.

The first is services. As the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, explained, financial services is the second largest arena in the services sector. Excluding the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Trade Bill

"My Lords, I have questions that arise from the previous speeches which I hope the Minister will be able to help me with. Perhaps I may say to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, that I am sure she recognises that, while in a no-deal scenario, for example, we could make …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Trade Bill

"The noble Lord, Lord Lilley, is right that I have not read the document. I have just taken my information from fairly extensive conversations with companies. Perhaps they do not know what they are doing...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Trade Bill

"The point made by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, is crucial, because otherwise there is a huge incentive for anyone in the EU to find an alternative supplier. Finding alternative suppliers in the UK for a product produced in Poland, Spain or wherever else is quite difficult because frequently we …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Trade Bill

"May I ask something? I do not know the answer to this question. We are talking about a no-deal scenario here, obviously. Under WTO rules, if the UK says that it will import from the EU without any requirement for rules of origin, is it required to extend that same …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Trade Bill

"I am sorry, but I was asking about a no-deal scenario, because that is what this legislation is about—preparation for no deal...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2019
Trade Bill

"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, as he has said a great deal of what I was going to say, and I am not going to repeat it. I would underscore, to the Minister, the general frustration at this point in time of knowing that we, the …..."
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