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Written Question
Overseas Trade: Somalia
Tuesday 31st January 2023

Asked by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Highgate)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to increase trade between Somalia and the UK.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

My Department will introduce the UK’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) in early 2023, which will facilitate Somalia’s integration into global supply chains through reformed rules of origin and allow 99% of goods exported from Somalia duty-free access to UK markets.

The Department for International Trade’s Export Support Service also provides specialist overseas support to small-and-medium-sized UK businesses looking to export and grow in Africa, including Somalia.

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I rise to support the Bill, but I also want to say a few words about the hon. Member for Bath. She was elected in 2017, a few years after me, and has been a doughty champion for women’s …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill

"Absolutely. I think it will go some way to addressing some of the issues I have outlined about women not wanting to go through the very difficult process of proving what has happened, and they will be treated more fairly. That is the justification for the Bill, so I absolutely …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill

"The hon. Member is absolutely right. Indeed, the hon. Member for Wantage made an observation about how rape jokes were just treated as part of the culture and a bit of banter. For someone who has a young daughter, it really does fill me with dread to think that rape …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill

"I agree with the hon. Lady. The truth is that this is about culture change—and legislative change. I am grateful for the Bill because it empowers employers to take their duty of care to their employees seriously. Employees will respond by returning increased profits, productivity and motivation, so it will …..."
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Written Question
Export Credit Guarantees: Iran
Monday 30th May 2022

Asked by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Highgate)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2022 to Question 157459 on Export Credit Guarantees: Iran, whether the £28.4 million debt owed by Iran to UK Export Finance (UKEF) has (a) been closed or (b) is still being pursued by UKEF following the settlement of the IMS dispute in March 2022.

Answered by Mike Freer

The IMS portion of the debt has been closed and will no longer be pursued.

Written Question
Export Credit Guarantees: Iran
Thursday 28th April 2022

Asked by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Highgate)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 28 February 2020 to Question 15096 on Export Credit Guarantees: Iran, whether the £28.4 million debt owed by Iran to UK Export Finance (UKEF) has (a) been closed or (b) is still being pursued by UKEF following the settlement of the IMS dispute in March 2022.

Answered by Mike Freer

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Written Question
Department for International Trade: Staff
Monday 6th September 2021

Asked by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Highgate)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to (a) change staffing levels and (b) make redundancies in each of her Department’s regional teams of international trade advisers in the next 12 months.

Answered by Graham Stuart

The International Trade Adviser service is one part of the department’s export support ecosystem that up-skills businesses to take advantage of export opportunities.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) contracts with Delivery Partners to provide an International Trade Adviser service across England. International Trade Advisers are employees of Delivery Partners. Staffing levels are determined by Delivery Partners, in response to commercially agreed outcomes.

DIT provides the maximum possible support to UK business to take full advantage of trade opportunities, including those arising from delivering Free Trade Agreements, and facilitating UK exports.

Written Question
Trade Agreements: Ghana
Monday 8th February 2021

Asked by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Highgate)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to secure a free trade agreement with Ghana.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

The United Kingdom and Ghana have finalised negotiations on a trade agreement, which will provide duty-free, quota-free access for Ghana to the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom and Ghana have issued a joint statement at: gov.uk/government/news/ghana-uk-joint-statement-ghana-uk-trade-partnership-agreement.

Written Question
Department for International Trade: Apprentices
Thursday 4th February 2021

Asked by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Highgate)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of the staff employed by her Department are apprentices.

Answered by Greg Hands

As of 31 March 2020, the Civil Service has achieved a total of 2.1% of its total workforce as apprentices against the legislative target for the public sector of 2.3% by March 2021.

As of 31st December 2020, there were 115 apprentices employed by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF). It equates to 3.2% of the total domestic staff employed by DIT and UKEF.

This target is a percentage of the total workforce so the percentage attained will change in line with workforce fluctuations over time, making it challenging to predict when a department will meet it. The data for 2018/19 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2018-to-2019. The data for 2019/20 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2019-to-2020.

Departments are committed to increasing the number of apprentices across the Civil Service and continue to work towards the 2.3% target.