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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Oct 2017
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"T6. Will the Secretary of State publish the Department’s plans for a no-deal situation before Christmas?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Oct 2017
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"Does the excellent Secretary of State agree that one of the many advantages of coming out of the EU is the fact that this Parliament will be able to improve equalities and human rights without being restricted by the European Union?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jul 2017
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"You will be delighted to learn, Mr Speaker, that British tie manufacturers’ exports are worth millions of pounds. Can the Secretary of State suggest how this House could help promote the wearing of ties, to increase exports?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jul 2017
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"T4. The excellent Leonard Cheshire charity has estimated the disability employment gap to be 31.3%. What are the Government doing to close it?..."
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Written Question
Overseas Trade: USA
Thursday 6th July 2017

Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps he has taken to improve trading links with the US.

Answered by Greg Hands

As the UK prepares for a new era outside the EU, we will look to forge even closer trade and commercial ties with the US. American commitment to this goal was reaffirmed during positive meetings I had with the Secretary for Commerce and US Trade Representative in Washington a fortnight ago.

We agreed to hold a joint working group this month which will begin to lay the groundwork for a possible future UK-US free trade agreement.

Written Question
Overseas Trade
Monday 20th March 2017

Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of current trends in (a) exports and (b) imports.

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

UK exports increased (in real terms) by 1.4% and imports by 2.5% between 2015 and 2016.

In its latest forecasts (March 2017), the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) expects UK exports to increase faster than imports in 2017 and 2018.

OBR forecasts - UK exports and imports (chained-linked volumes, seasonally adjusted)

Outturn

Forecast

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Exports (annual % change)

6.1

1.4

3.4

3.0

1.6

0.7

0.5

Imports (annual % change)

5.5

2.5

2.1

1.9

1.4

0.8

0.6

Source: Office for Budget Responsibility, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, March 2017

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Dec 2016
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"It is widely acknowledged that the BBC is institutionally biased in favour of the EU. Will the Secretary of State explain why the BBC does not acknowledge that itself?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Dec 2016
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"5. What progress he has made on negotiating a free trade agreement with the USA. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Dec 2016
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"The excellent Minister is quite correct that the USA is our biggest single export market, although we have no trade deal with it. However, the current President said that we would at the “back of the queue” when it comes to a trade deal. In the discussions that the Minister …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Nov 2016
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"As we are leaving the EU, and everybody knows it, why do we not just get on and start negotiating trade deals? After all, the EU can hardly punish us in the future...."
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