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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Sep 2019
Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)

"Are any sanctions available for the companies involved in these mistakes, some of which presumably know full well that they should not be applying for the licences in the first place?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Minister confirm the Government’s position on whether the automatic parental right of men who have fathered children through rape should be removed?..."
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Written Question
EU Trade: Antidumping
Tuesday 28th February 2017

Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2017 to Question 58975, what the Government's policy is on the modernisation of EU trade defence measures.

Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)

The UK agrees that EU trade defence instruments should be modernised, but we remain strongly opposed to the European Commission’s proposal in its current form.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Keeping our children safe online is one of the Government’s most important responsibilities. That is why section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 rightly made it a criminal offence for adults to send sexual messages to children, yet the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children says …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. How many trade negotiators has the civil service now managed to recruit?..."
Louise Haigh - View Speech

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Written Question
Trade Promotion
Monday 30th January 2017

Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2017 to Question 60541, if he will list the number of employees in each of the permanent trade offices in the 108 overseas markets.

Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)

As of July 2016, the department employed 1256 staff across its trade offices in overseas markets. Details of UK trade offices will be updated on Gov.uk in due course.

Written Question
Trade Promotion
Monday 23rd January 2017

Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the locations are of permanent UK trade offices outside the UK.

Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)

The UK has permanent Trade Offices in 108 overseas markets and has operations in 175 locations across those markets. Following the machinery of government changes after the appointment of the Prime Minister in July 2016, updated details of Trade Offices will be published in due course. In the meantime, details can be found within the Exporting country guides on Gov.uk.

Written Question
Antidumping
Friday 13th January 2017

Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how the UK's representative on the Committee of Permanent Representatives was instructed to vote on the proposals to modernise the UK's trade defence instruments.

Answered by Greg Hands

The UK believes in a free and open approach to trade. There was no formal vote.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"T3. Recently, the hon. Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg) said in relation to emissions standards that what is good enough for India is good enough for us. May we have a firm assurance that no emissions standards will be watered down as part of any free trade deal?..."
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Written Question
Department for International Trade: Staff
Thursday 15th December 2016

Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of policy-making civil servants in his Department is based in London.

Answered by Greg Hands

All Trade Policy Group officials, except one, are based in London, as are the policy making officials in UK Export Finance. The rest of the department is primarily engaged in operational delivery.