Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many meetings the Export Guarantees Advisory Council has had since December 2017; and when she plans to publish the minutes of those meetings.
Answered by Conor Burns
The Export Guarantees Advisory Council has formally met 6 times since December 2017. Minutes of the meetings held in 2018 have been published on its website (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/export-guarantees-advisory-council/about/our-governance#minutes). Minutes of meetings held in 2019 will be published in the next calendar year.
UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) Annual Report and Accounts includes a report from the Council which lists the number of meetings it has held and a summary of the issues that the Council considered. These Annual Report and Accounts are presented to Parliament and published on UKEF’s website (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts).
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department has provided support to Africa Trade Ltd.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Each year, the Department for International Trade supports thousands of UK businesses and hundreds of business associations and chambers across every corner of the globe. To protect the confidentiality of businesses working with us, we do not publicly state whether or not we are working with an individual company at any given time.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department has provided support to Africa House London Ltd.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Each year, the Department for International Trade supports thousands of UK businesses and hundreds of business associations and chambers across every corner of the globe. To protect the confidentiality of businesses working with us, we do not publicly state whether or not we are working with an individual company at any given time.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many in-flight files of EU legislation exist that effect the policy areas managed by his Department; and which in-flight files of EU legislation his Department intends to implement in UK law.
Answered by George Hollingbery
During the time-limited implementation period, EU law will continue to apply in the UK subject to the terms set out in the Withdrawal Agreement.
After the implementation period, all laws in the UK will be passed by our elected representatives in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London. The Political Declaration recognises that the UK may choose to align with the EU’s rules in relevant areas to
facilitate trade in goods or security cooperation.
In the unlikely event that the backstop were to come into effect, a small fraction of EU rules applying today would apply in Northern Ireland and EU rules on state aid would apply in the UK. However, as the Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration
make absolutely clear, we do not want or expect the backstop to be needed - and even if it ever were ever to come into effect, it would be strictly temporary.
The Official Journal of the European Union publishes upcoming EU legislation for implementation. This is publicly available online: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/oj/direct-access.html.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many disposable coffee cups have been purchased by his Department since it's establishment.
Answered by Greg Hands
The information requested is not held centrally.
Disposable coffee cups used within the department are purchased by an external catering supplier, who is unable to provide this information.
Staff and visitors are encouraged to dispose of waste appropriately and use recycling facilities where it is appropriate to do so.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade uses the Government Car Service for vehicle provision. Cars provided to Departments by the Government Car Service will be included in the return for the Department for Transport.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Environmental Audit Committee on 25 October 2016, Question 332, what proportion of existing EU legislation within the policy remit of his Department cannot immediately be brought into UK law upon the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Government will bring forward legislation in the next session that, when enacted, will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and ensure a functioning statute book on the day we leave the EU. This ‘Great Repeal Bill’ will end the authority of EU law and return power to the UK. The Bill will convert existing European Union law into domestic law, wherever practical.
The Government will set out the content of the Bill and its implications in due course.