Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government who the current trade envoys are, what the total cost of their provision is, and whether they will produce a report on their work.
The current trade envoys are:
Trade Envoy | Market(s) |
Adam Afriyie MP | Ghana |
Rushanara Ali MP | Bangladesh |
Richard Benyon MP | Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique |
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP | Egypt |
Richard Graham MP | Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, ASEAN Economic Community |
John Howell MP | Nigeria |
Andrew Murrison MP | Morocco, Tunisia |
Mark Prisk MP | Nordic and Baltic Countries, Brazil |
Lord Hollick of Notting Hill | Tanzania, Kenya |
Rt Hon. Baroness Northover | Angola |
Lord Popat of Harrow | Uganda, Rwanda |
Lord Risby of Haverhill | Algeria |
Rt Hon. Lord Astor of Hever DL | Kazakhstan, Oman |
Rt Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick | Iran |
Rt Hon. Lord King of Bridgwater | Saudi Arabia |
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan |
Rt Hon. Lord Janvrin | Turkey |
Baroness Morris of Bolton | Jordan, Kuwait, Palestinian Territories |
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | Taiwan |
Lord Puttnam of Queensgate | Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia |
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | Mexico |
The 2016/17 budget for the Trade Envoy Programme is £333,936.
Trade Envoys, and Posts, report on market visits and UK engagements to identify actions and outcomes on an ongoing basis.