Asked by: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on initiating formal bilateral trade negotiations with Pakistan.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on initiating formal bilateral trade negotiations with Bangladesh.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on initiating formal bilateral trade negotiations with Indonesia.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on initiating formal bilateral trade negotiations with Malaysia.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on initiating formal bilateral trade negotiations with the Philippines.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on initiating formal bilateral trade negotiations with South Africa.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on initiating formal bilateral trade negotiations with Nigeria.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for Scotland's trading opportunities of the UK's decision to leave the EU.
Answered by David Mundell
We are determined to get the best deal for Scotland and the whole of the UK as we negotiate our exit from the EU.
Domestically, it is vital that we maintain the integrity of our own UK single market, which is worth over four times more to Scotland than its trade with the rest of the EU.
In Europe, the Government seeks to secure the freest and most frictionless trade possible in goods and services between the UK and the EU and will pursue a new strategic partnership with the EU, including an ambitious and comprehensive Free Trade Agreement and a new customs agreement.
Around the rest of the world, without the need to reflect the positions of the EU27, an independent trade policy gives us the opportunity to strike deals better suited to the UK and to make quicker progress with new partners, as well as those where EU negotiations have stalled.
We will seize the opportunity Brexit offers not just to form a new partnership with Europe, but to build a stronger, fairer, more Global Britain too.
Asked by: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Government's industrial strategy benefits Scotland and other parts of the UK equally.
Answered by David Mundell
We want to build an industrial strategy that addresses long-term challenges to the UK economy. Our aim is to improve living standards and economic growth by increasing productivity and driving growth across the whole country.
The Scotland Office has worked closely with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as the Industrial Strategy develops.
The Industrial Strategy represents an opportunity for the UK and Scottish Governments to use their powers collaboratively to deliver for Scottish businesses and communities.
Both I and my Ministerial colleagues have met with a wide range of businesses, innovators, investors and workers in Scotland to hear their views as part of a consultation process that reached right across the UK.
Along with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, I met the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work on 11 April to discuss opportunities for joint work between the UK and Scottish Governments as we develop the Industrial Strategy further.
Asked by: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding from the public purse was for charities which support veterans in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Ministry of Defence holds information on grants made to units and charities undertaking projects with, for, and including veterans in Scotland from Legacy Funds, the Covenant Fund and the Aged Veterans Fund for the years 2012-13 to 2016-17, as broken down below.
Financial Year | £30 million Community Covenant Grant Scheme | £35 million Armed Forces Libor Fund | Aged Veteran's Fund | Covenant Fund | Veterans Accommodation Fund | Grand Total |
2012-13 | £5,171,422 | £240,236 |
|
|
| £5,411,658 |
2013-14 | £975,587 | £204,000 |
|
|
| £1,179,587 |
2014-15 | £967,869 | £110,000 |
|
| £1,101,190 | £2,179,059 |
2015-16 |
|
|
| £1,139,118 |
| £1,139,118 |
2016-17 |
|
| £3,981,756 | £692,982 |
| £4,674,738 |
Total | £7,114,878 | £554,236 | £3,981,756 | £1,832,100 | £1,101,190 | £14,584,160 |