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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Sep 2019
Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)

"Can the Secretary of State describe the action of British officials in Saudi Arabia in overseeing the use of British weapons by the Saudi forces in a process agreed with her Department and the Ministry of Defence?..."
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Written Question
Department for International Trade: Brexit
Wednesday 6th February 2019

Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much of the £202 million allocated to his Department for Brexit preparations in 2018-19 and 2019-20 has been allocated to preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

Answered by George Hollingbery

The Department for International Trade integrates scenario planning for EU exit into its overall programmes of work. ‘No deal’ planning is not undertaken by a distinct team and it is therefore not possible to separately identify the spend associated with the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:

  • £412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Mar 2018
United States Tariffs: Steel and Aluminium

"Can the Secretary of State give us some examples of how he has been able to use our close and special trading relationship with the United States to develop his vision of an open, liberal, multilateral trading system?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Can the Secretary of State explain the likely impact of a no deal Brexit in respect of the 57 or so countries with which we already have association agreements through the European Union?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Oct 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Why do the Government not draw a clearer distinction between inward foreign investment, which adds capacity and jobs and is welcome, and inward investment for acquisitions in devalued pounds, which often detracts from our science and technology?..."
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