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Written Question
Arms Trade: Serbia
Monday 23rd January 2023

Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Stamford)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK has sold weapons or defensive arms to Serbia in the last three years; and whether the UK plans to sell weapons or defensive arms to Serbia in the next two years.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

HM Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data. These reports contain detailed information, including the overall value, the type (e.g. Military, Other), and a summary of the items covered by these licences.

All future export licence applications received will be assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. These Criteria are one of the means by which we implement a range of international legal commitments including the Arms Trade Treaty and other relevant rules of international law.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I have always been struck by the quiet diligence with which the Minister for Trade Policy, my right hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Penny Mordaunt), does her job. Can she please update me on progress on signing individual deals with US states, which my farmers in Rutland and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement: Scrutiny

"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on securing this important urgent question. The Minister knows that I have enormous respect for him—he is one of the most diligent and effective Ministers—and there is much to commend in this deal, but many of us made a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy

"Thank you for calling me to speak so early, Sir Graham. I rise to speak with a heavy heart, because I do not think we should be here. This issue is not something we should have to debate. I am furious, but my fury is nothing compared to the deep-set …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy

"The hon. Gentleman will correct me if I am wrong, but on the point about waiting to see, there is currently a wait of at least two years to have those conversations with a professional, so there is no rushing into this. I may be wrong, but someone cannot have …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy

"In the spirit of the point that I made in my speech that there are no two sides, I agree with my hon. Friend entirely. I suspect that she will find much unanimity in the Chamber that a ban should be about conversion practices. I am sure that the Minister, …..."
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Written Question
Solar Power: China
Tuesday 19th April 2022

Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Stamford)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, in the context of the US Commerce Department's recently launched investigation into Chinese solar suppliers for tariff circumnavigation, if the Government will (a) launch a similar investigation and (b) take steps to ensure that Chinese suppliers operating in the UK do so legally and without circumnavigation.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) conducts trade remedy investigations, including on the circumvention of existing anti-dumping or countervailing measures. The UK did not transition the EU’s anti-dumping measure on solar glass, due to a lack of evidence that it was necessary. As there is no existing measure in place on solar products from China, the TRA cannot launch a similar circumvention review.

The TRA can undertake new reviews, so if domestic industry have concerns that they are being impacted by dumping, including on the dumping of solar products, they can contact the TRA’s pre-application office at contact@traderemedies.gov.uk

Written Question
Department for International Trade: Hikvision
Friday 19th November 2021

Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Stamford)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether Hikvision CCTV or other surveillance software or equipment from Hikvision, is used on any property owned or administered by her Department.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

It is not government policy to comment on security procedures in government buildings.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jan 2021
Global Britain

"I start by paying tribute to the Secretary of State for International Trade and her Ministers, because securing agreements for £885 billion in trade in one year is no mean feat.

I turn first to our EU trade deal. It is a good and pragmatic deal—a deal of which the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2020
Japan Free Trade Agreement

"This deal is a great success story. A global—[Inaudible.] I chair the all-party parliamentary group on geographically protected foods. Will my right hon. Friend kindly set out the benefits for—[Inaudible.]..."
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