Anna Soubry: Each anti-dumping case is different. Moreover the levels of dumping and injury occurring in EU and US markets may be very different. The Government examines the evidence in all EU anti-dumping cases closely before taking a view. The Government believes that effective trade defence measures should be proportionate, not protectionist, and strike a balance between removing the injury to...
Anna Soubry: The UK Trade and Investment Strategic Relations (SRM) programme has a coordination role across government to encourage better communication between the various departments in government and businesses. More information, including a list of the 86 companies involved and contact Ministers can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/ukti-strategic-relation s-team Details of...
Anna Soubry: The data requested is on the attached spreadsheet. Land Registry has also provided data relating to both the number of leasehold titles and the number of transactions affecting leasehold titles in Harrow and in England in each of the last 10 years. Attachment to 38043 (Excel SpreadSheet, 12.06 KB)
Anna Soubry: The UK Government takes its export control responsibilities very seriously. All export licence applications are carefully assessed on a case by case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. A licence will not be issued if to do so would be inconsistent with any provision of the Criteria. The suspension of licences will be considered by my Rt hon Friend...
Anna Soubry: Our electronic records show that since 1999 no licences have been granted to Saudi Arabia or Yemen for cluster bombs. Paper records prior to 1999 can only be searched at disproportionate cost.
Anna Soubry: The Government believes it is important that World Trade Organisation members meet their international obligations. But we are also committed to tackling unfair trade and ensuring that the Commission continues to have the necessary tools available to do this. China’s 2001 Protocol of Accession to the WTO removes certain provisions after 15 years, so countries may need to alter the...
Anna Soubry: I have held no discussions with the Federal Minister for Commerce of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan, about increasing trade between the UK and Pakistan or Pakistan Administered Kashmir.
Anna Soubry: The next round of negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will take place in July. The UK reading room will be open in time to access documents related to this round.
Anna Soubry: This information is not collected centrally. However, the following are examples of Government investments in the UK metals sector since 2008:£8.2 million from the Regional Growth Fund towards a new Tata Steel Europe R&D Centre at Warwick UniversityAdvanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) - £12.7 million comprising £6.47 million grant and £6.25 million loan to a consortium...
Anna Soubry: This is a commercial matter for HSBC – Ministers in the Department had no discussions with HSBC prior to their 16 May 2016 announcement. We recognise that this will be a worrying time for the workforce and, since HSBC’s announcement, I have spoken to the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership who will now be working with local partners to ensure that suitable support is...
Anna Soubry: This Government is committed to supporting scientific excellence. That is why in Spending Review 2015 we protected science resource funding from its current level of £4.7 billion per year in real terms for the remainder of the Parliament, and why we are investing in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale, delivering on the £6.9 billion science capital commitment in our manifesto. ...
Anna Soubry: The Leeds City Region Skills Service has, to date, supported 620 businesses, with 3,300 pieces of training completed and 1,595 more underway. The value of this support to SMEs is £2.12m. In 2016/17 the Skills Service is expected to support skills diagnostics for 800 businesses, help 1,100 SMEs to offer apprenticeships and upskill 5,600 employees. Grants between £500 and £50,000 are...
Anna Soubry: Information on military and dual use export licences is published as Official Statistics in the quarterly and annual reports on Strategic Export Controls which are all available to view on GOV.UK. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered...
Anna Soubry: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Anna Soubry: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Anna Soubry: Holding answer received on 09 May 2016 It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Anna Soubry: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Anna Soubry: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Anna Soubry: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Anna Soubry: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.