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Written Question
Overseas Trade
Monday 9th March 2020

Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to prevent UK companies from trading with areas in other countries that are under illegal occupation.

Answered by Conor Burns

The UK Government promotes trade within a rules-based international order. The UK continues to apply EU and UN sanctions and will look to carry over existing EU sanctions at the end of the Transition Period. A list of countries against which the UK imposes such controls is available on gov.uk.

The UK also routinely updates our guidance to British businesses on the Overseas Business Risk website. We advise British businesses to consider the British Government's view when considering their investments and activities in occupied territories. The UK promotes responsible corporate behaviour by UK companies operating, or considering operating, overseas.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2019
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"2. What recent steps the Government have taken to close the gender pay gap. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2019
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"The Scottish Government have lowered the threshold for listed public authorities to report their gender pay gaps and publish equal pay statements from more than 150 employees to more than 20. Will the UK Government consider lowering their threshold as well to increase equal-pay transparency?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2019
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"T5. Audio-visual announcements on buses are vital to enable people with sight loss or hearing loss to travel with confidence. The UK Government’s consultation ended more than a year ago, in September 2018, with no further progress, so what discussions has the Minister had with her counterparts in the Department …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2019
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"1. What recent assessment she has made of the extent of the Government’s influence on potential reform of the World Trade Organisation after the UK leaves the EU. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2019
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"10 December—the date on which the WTO appellate body crisis will come to a head—is looming ever closer. Can the Secretary of State confirm that she will follow the European Union in working to restore an operational appellate body, and will she tell us what conversations she has had with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2019
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"T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2019
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"Ninety per cent. of the world’s illegal deforestation takes place in the Amazon rainforest—something that the Paris agreement explicitly sets out to tackle and reduce. Does the Secretary of State agree that if we are serious about tackling climate change, the ratification and implementation of the Paris agreement must be …..."
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Written Question
Arms Trade: United Arab Emirates
Wednesday 2nd October 2019

Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions the Government has had with the UAE Government on ensuring the exports outlined in the New Security Export Strategy will be used in accordance with international humanitarian law.

Answered by Conor Burns

The new Security Export Strategy does not outline any specific exports to the UAE and no discussions linked to the strategy have taken place with the UAE Government. The UK Government takes exporting responsibly very seriously. Where an export licence is required, it will be thoroughly assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jun 2019
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"3. What steps his Department is taking to tackle climate change through trade policy. ..."
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