Department for International Trade written statement – made on 6th January 2021.
My Rt Hon Friend the Minister of State for Trade Policy (Greg Hands MP) has today made te following statement.
The Prime Minister has made a new appointment to his Trade Envoy programme.
This new appointment will extend the total number of Trade Envoys to 30 parliamentarians covering 69 markets. The Prime Minister’s trade envoy programme is an unpaid and voluntary cross-party network, which supports the UK’s ambitious trade and investment agenda in global markets.
Laurence Robertson MP for Tewkesbury has been appointed as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Angola and Zambia.