Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for tackling corruption.
Answered by Liam Fox
I refer the hon.Member to the answer given by my rt hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Ben Gummer, on 6 September 2016, UIN: 44131.
Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, who he has appointed as his new special advisers.
Answered by Liam Fox
A list of Special Advisers in Government will be published in due course.
Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he plans to take to reduce the UK's trade deficit.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
Since 2010 the Government has succeeded in reducing the trade deficit by £4bn or 9.4% through a number of measures delivered by UKTI such as the Exporting is GREAT campaign. We will continue this work and boost our delivery of assistance to British business through new initiatives such as the Directory of Exporters, due to be formally launched in November, and other measures.
Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he plans to maintain the target set by the last Government to raise the level of British exports to £1 trillion by 2020.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
The Government is continuing to drive progress against its manifesto commitments of having 100,000 more UK companies exporting in 2020 than in 2010 and reaching £1 trillion exports in 2020. To support these efforts, the Prime Minister created the Department for International Trade, which will develop, coordinate and deliver trade and investment policy to promote UK business across the globe.