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International Trade Committee

Formal minutes

Tuesday 1 November 2016

Members present

Angus Brendan MacNeil, in the Chair1

Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Marcus Fysh

Mr Ranil Jayawardena

Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

1. Declaration of interests

Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13

July 1992. (For details of declarations of interests, see Appendix 1.)

2. Committee working methods

Ordered, That the public be admitted during the examination of witnesses unless the

Committee orders otherwise.

Resolved, That witnesses who submit written evidence to the Committee are authorised

to publish it on their own account in accordance with Standing Order No. 135, subject

always to the discretion of the Chair or where the Committee orders otherwise.

Resolved, That the Committee shall not consider individual cases.

3. Future programme

The Committee considered this matter.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 November at 10.00 a.m.

Appendix 1: Details of declarations of interests

Angus Brendan MacNeil

1. Employment and earnings

Tenant crofter on the Island of Barra.

4. Visits outside the UK

1 Elected by the House (Standing Order No. 122B) 19 October 2016, see Votes and Proceedings 19 October 2016

Name of donor: Government of Gibraltar

Address of donor: Gibraltar House, 150 Strand, London WC2R 1JA

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and

accommodation with a value of £812

Destination of visit: Gibraltar

Date of visit: 10-14 September 2015

Purpose of visit: Gibraltar National Day, as Deputy Foreign Affairs Spokesperson

for the SNP.

(Registered 10 November 2015)

Name of donor: Government of Gibraltar

Address of donor: Gibraltar House, 150 Strand, London WC2R 1JA 270

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and

accommodation with a value of £1,137


Date of visit: 8-10 September 2016

Purpose of visit: Gibraltar National Day, as Deputy Foreign Affairs Spokesperson

for the SNP and member of the Gibraltar APPG.

(Registered 03 October 2016)

6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income

of over £10,000 a year

Joint ownership of house in Fort William: (i). (Updated 23 June 2015)

Flat in Glasgow: (i) and (ii).

Flat in London: (i) and (ii).

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Until 20 November 2015, I employed my wife, Jane MacNeil, as Parliamentary

Assistant and Caseworker. (Updated 17 May 2016)

Liam Byrne


18 March 2016, £129.11 royalty payment from The Authors Licencing and

Collecting Society Ltd, Barnard’s Inn, 86 Fetter Lane, London EX4A 1EN. Hours:

no additional hours. (Registered 29 June 2016)

7 June 2016, received £1,275 from Said Business School, University of Oxford,

Executive Education Centre, Egrove Park, Oxford OX1 5NY, for being a guest

course speaker on their AFCA Programme. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 18 July 2016)

Payments from Biteback Publishing, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP,

received via Georgina Capel Associates Ltd, 29 Wardour St, London W1D 6PS:

25 August 2016, advance of £500 for a book. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 26

September 2016)


Name of donor: UK China Forum Ltd

Address of donor: 15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS

Amount of donation: flights from Doha to Beijing, and from Shanghai to London,

value £1,688.50;

Two nights in a hotel in Beijing and two nights in a hotel in Shanghai at £140 per

night, value £560; £2,248.50 in total

Date of visit: 16 to 19 November 2015

Destination: Beijing and Shanghai

Purpose of visit: Cross-party Parliamentary visit to Beijing and Shanghai, to attend

the 2015 UK-China Leadership Forum, for the purpose of promoting UK-China

dialogues.

(Registered 03 December 2015)

Name of donor: (1) Qaiwan Group (2) Kurdistan Regional Government

Address of donor: (1) 4th Floor Sulaymaniyah Mall, Iraq (2) Council of Ministers,

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): (1) flights, approx. £2,400

and one night's hotel accommodation in Slemani, £300; total £2,700 (2) 3 nights'

hotel accommodation in Erbil, £450 and internal transport, £555; total £1,005

Destination of visit: Kurdistan Region of Iraq, including Erbil, Slemani and Kirkuk

Date of visit: 11-16 November 2015

Purpose of visit: APPG Kurdistan fact-finding delegation to meet senior political

leaders including the Prime Minister, UK Consul-General, Kurdistan Britain

Business Group, two camps for internally displaced people, the American

University of Iraq and the Peshmerga in Kirkuk.


Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar

Address of donor: Qatar Embassy, 1 South Audley Street, London W1K 1NB

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): air travel, food and

accommodation with an approximate value of £6,550

Destination of visit: Doha, Qatar

Date of visit: 16-18 February 2016

Purpose of visit: All Party Britain-Qatar Parliamentary Group visit in order to meet

Ministers, Qatar officials, visit world cup sites to discuss issues of bilateral

relations and regional crises.

(Registered 29 February 2016)


Until February 2016, I employed my wife, Sarah Harnett, as part-time Office

Manager. (Updated 04 July 2016)

James Cleverly


Until 8 May 2016, as a Member of the London Assembly, City Hall, The Queens

Walk, London SE1 2AA, I received an abated salary of £18,000 a year. Hours: up

to 24 hrs per month. (Registered 04 June 2015; updated 27 October 2016)


Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Address of donor: 2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8919, Japan

Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): flights,

accommodation and subsistence with an estimated value of £7,500

Destination of visit: Kyoto and Tokyo

Dates of visit: 17-24 September 2016

Purpose of visit: to gain a greater insight into Japanese affairs in the economic,

foreign affairs, defence, security and cultural sphere.




House in Lewisham, owned jointly with my wife: (i) and (ii). (Registered 04 June

2015)

8. Miscellaneous

Officer in the Reserve Forces. I have received no payments since my election.

(Registered 04 June 2016; updated 27 October 2016)

Mr Nigel Evans


Payments from Exclusive Press and Publicity Ltd, Golden Cross House, 8

Duncannon Street, London WC2N 4JF, in respect of three media engagements with

(1) the Mail on Sunday, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT (2) the

Daily Mirror, 1 Canada Square, London E14 5AP (3) ITV, The London Studios,

58-72 Upper Ground, London SE1 9LT. Hours: 3 hrs for each; 9 hrs in total. To be

paid in instalments. (Registered 15 August 2014; updated 2 June 2015)

6 January 2016, received £200. Hours: as above. (Registered 29 February

2016)

3 February 2016, received £200. Hours: as above. (Registered 29 February

2016)

10 March 2016, received £200. Hours: as above. (Registered 07 April 2016)

5 April 2016, received £100. Hours: as above. (Registered 07 April 2016)

3 May 2016, received £200. Hours: as above. (Registered 03 May 2016)

2 June 2016, received £200. Hours: as above. (Registered 06 June 2016)

2 July 2016, received £200. Hours: as above. (Registered 04 July 2016)

3 August 2016, received £200. Hours: as above. (Registered 09 August 2016)

1 September 2016, received £200. Hours: as above. (Registered 07 September

2016)


Name of donor: (1) European Parliamentary Forum on Population and

Development (EPF) (2) Qatar Airways

Address of donor: (1) 23 Rue Montover, 1000 Brussels, Belgium (2) London

Heathrow Airport Office, Room 6204, Departures Mezzanine, Terminal 4,

Heathrow Airport TW6 3FB

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): (1) flights £500, hotels

including breakfast £780, airport transfers £30, internal travel, food and incidentals

£395; total £1,705 (2) business class upgrades on both international flights; approx.

value £2,000

Destination of visit: Sri Lanka: Colombo, Kandy, Nuwera Eliya, Batticaloa,

Badulla and Trincomalee.

Date of visit: 10–17 November 2015

Purpose of visit: UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development

and Reproductive Health organised the study tour to introduce and strengthen UK

MPs understanding of core family planning, sexual and reproductive health and

rights and International Development issues.


Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Address of donor: c/o Taipei Representative Office in the UK, 50 Grosvenor

Gardens, London SW1W 0EB

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, internal travel,

accommodation and hospitality; approx. value £2,920

Destination of visit: Taipei

Date of visit: 19-22 May 2016

Purpose of visit: British-Taiwanese APPG delegation at the invitation of the

Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to attend the inauguration of the

new President Tsai Ing-Wen.

(Registered 01 June 2016)

Name of donor: Results UK

Address of donor: 31-33 Bondway, London SW8 1SJ

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, internal travel,


Destination of visit: Uganda

Date of visit: 21-25 August 2016

Purpose of visit: Delegation to gain insight into the impact of UK support to

Uganda to improve child health outcomes through DFID’s bilateral programmes

and support to multilateral organisations.

(Registered 19 September 2016)

Name of donor: HM Government of Gibraltar

Address of donor: 150 Strand, London WC2R 1JA

Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): flights, internal travel,




Purpose of visit: Delegation from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gibraltar,

at the invitation of HM Government of Gibraltar, to attend the National Day

Celebrations, attend briefings and visit Parliament.





Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): flights, internal travel,


Destination of visit: Taipei

Dates of visit: 25 September – 2 October 2016

Purpose of visit: part of a parliamentary delegation at the invitation of the

Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to gain a better understanding of

economic and political issues concerning the country.


Marcus Fysh


Councillor, Somerset County Council, County Hall, The Crescent, Taunton TA1

4DY. Receive £10,354 per annum, until May 2017. Hours: up to 30 hrs per month.


7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

London Wessex Ltd: investment and research. (Registered 07 June 2015)

London Wessex Brands Ltd: brand development, wholesale, retail and

manufacturing. (Registered 07 June 2015)

Wessex Investments Proprietary Ltd; investment. (Registered 07 June 2015)


Employment and earnings

Until 19 June 2015, employed by Lloyds Banking Group plc, 25 Gresham Street,

London EC2V 7HN. I was previously on a period of extended unpaid leave and not

undertaking any work on their behalf. I receive ongoing preferential borrowing of

approx. value £7,000 per annum as part of my former relationship with Lloyds

Banking Group. Hours: no hours since the election. (Registered 5 June 2015;

updated 20 June 2015)

12 November 2015, I received a deferred payment of £10,250 in share options.

Hours: none since the Election. (Registered 26 November 2015)

18 March 2016, I received a deferred payment of £2,000 gross. Hours: none

since the Election. (Registered 18 March 2016)

8 June 2016, I received deferred payment of £1,574 gross in shares. Hours:

none since the Election. (Registered 14 June 2016)

Fees paid direct to 'Team Ranil', a branch of my constituency association, in return

for my completing opinion surveys for Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square,

London E1W 1YW. (Registered 24 September 2015)

26 July 2016, payment of £200. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 26 July 2016)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Hampshire Cricket Ltd

Address of donor: The Ageas Bowl, Botley Road, West End, Southampton SO30

3XH

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: one ticket, with

hospitality, for the England v Sri Lanka International T20 and England Ladies v

Pakistan Ladies T20 cricket matches, value £598.80

Date received: 5 July 2016

Date accepted: 5 July 2016

Donor status: company, registration 4343355

(Registered 07 July 2016)


Name of donor: All Party Parliamentary China Group (with sponsorship from John

Swire & Sons, HSBC, City of London, Cambridge Assessment, and Arup)

Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):

economy class flights (international and domestic) £2,098.33, accommodation

£488.29; domestic transport £142.65; food and drink £105.78; meeting and

hospitality expenses (inc. interpretation, venue hire) £123.02; total £2,958.07

Destination of visit: China (Chengdu and Kunmig)

Date of visit: 30 May - 4 June 2016

Purpose of visit: To maintain and strengthen relations between the UK Parliament

and the National People's Congress of China; support British Businesses operating

in China; and deepen the knowledge of parliamentarians of China.


5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK

Name of donor: High Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri

Lanka

Address of donor: 13 Hyde Park Gardens, London W2 2LU

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: one bottle of whisky,

approx. value £40

Date received: 16 December 2015

Date accepted: 16 December 2015

Donor status: other



Ringshall Ltd; previously a consulting business but not active at present.


8. Miscellaneous

Unremunerated director of Ringshall Ltd. (Registered 05 June 2015)


I employ my wife, Alison Jayawardena, as part-time Senior Researcher.


Sir Edward Leigh


Non-executive director of Europe Arab Bank (from 4 April 2012). Address: 15

Moorgate, London EC2R 6AD. From 1 October 2015 to 1 October 2016 I will

receive an annual salary of £74,000, paid monthly, for an expected monthly

commitment of 20-30 hrs. (Updated 7 October 2015)


Name of donor: HM Government of Gibraltar

Address of donor: Gibraltar House, 150 Strand, London WC2R 1JA

Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): for my wife and

myself, travel and accommodation with a total value of £1,096



Purpose of visit: As part of the Gibraltar APPG, guest of the Government of

Gibraltar for National Day.


8. Miscellaneous

Barrister, not currently practising. (Registered 22 May 2015)


I employ my wife, Mary Leigh, as Office Manager.

Chris Leslie


Name of donor: The Queen’s Club

Address of donor: Palliser Road, West Kensington, London W14 9EQ

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets, with

associated hospitality, for the Aegon Championships; total value £530

Date received: 19 June 2016

Date accepted: 19 June 2016


(Registered 05 July 2016)


Name of donor: Kuwait National Assembly

Address of donor: Arabian Gulf St, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, hotel

accommodation, food and transport to a total value of £4,837

Destination of visit: Kuwait

Date of visit: 30 January - 2 February 2016

Purpose of visit: All Party Parliamentary Group on Kuwait delegation

(Registered 11 February 2016)



Terraced house in London: (i) and (ii). (Registered 12 August 2013)

Shabana Mahmood

Nil

Toby Perkins


Name of donor: William Hill PLC

Address of donor: Greenside House, 50 Station Road, Wood Green, London N22

7T

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets plus

hospitality, at the FA Cup Final tie at Wembley Stadium, with an estimated total

value of £500

Date received: 21 May 2016

Date accepted: 21 May 2016




Sole shareholder in Club Rugby; sports goods electronic retailer. (Updated 23 April

2012)

Sir Desmond Swayne


Major, Territorial Army. Address: Army Pay Office, Brown Street, Glasgow.

14 January 2016, received £200 from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square,

London E1W 1YW, for completing Winter 2015 Survey. Hours: 1 hr. Fee paid

direct to charity. (Registered 22 January 2016)





Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): for my wife and

myself, travel and accommodation with a value of £3,500

Destination of visit: Taiwan

Dates of visit: 26 September – 1 October 2016

Purpose of visit: delegation as part of the All Party Parliamentary Group for

Taiwan.




Flat in London, jointly owned with my wife: (i) and (ii). (Updated 20 May 2015)

House in London, jointly owned with my wife: (i) and (ii). (Updated 20 May 2015)


I employ my wife, Moira Swayne, as Secretary. (Updated 20 May 2015)


Members present

Angus Brendan MacNeil, in the Chair

Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Marcus Fysh


Sir Edward Leigh

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

1. UK trade options beyond 2019

Ordered, That the Committee inquire into this matter.

2. Future programme


[Adjourned till Tuesday 29 November at 10.00 a.m.


Members present


Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Marcus Fysh


Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne


Ordered, That the written evidence relating to UK trade options beyond 2019 submitted

by the Department for International Trade be reported to the House for publication.

Ordered, That Dr Angus Armstrong and Dr Lorand Bartels be appointed Specialist

Advisers to assist the Committee in matters related to UK trade options beyond 2019.

(For details of declarations of interests, see Appendix 1.)

John Alty, Director General, Trade Policy Group, Oliver Griffiths, Director, Capability,

Trade Policy Group, Paul McComb, Programme Director—Transition, and James

Norton, HR and Organisational Development Director, Department for International

Trade., gave oral evidence.

Professor Patrick Minford, Professor of Applied Economics, Cardiff University/Co-

chair of Economists for Brexit, Martin Howe QC, Economists for Brexit/Lawyers for

Britain, Dr Swati Dhingra, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of

Economics, and Professor Jim Rollo, UK Trade Policy Observatory, University of

Sussex, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 December at 10.00 a.m.

Appendix 1: Details of Specialist Advisers’ declarations of interests

Angus Armstrong

I am an ESRC Fellow of the UK in a Changing Europe project.

I undertake occasional private sector consultancy work.

Lorand Bartels

External Senior Counsel, Linklaters, advising on Brexit-related trade law issues.

Tuesday 13 December 2016

Members present


Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Marcus Fysh


Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

1. Future programme



Resolved, That the Committee visit Geneva in early 2017 in connection with its inquiry

into UK trade options beyond 2019, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Liaison

Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.

Roderick Abbott, former Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organisation and

European Commission Directorate-General for Trade, and Dr Federico Ortino, The

Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, gave oral evidence.

Peter Ungphakorn, former Senior Information Officer, World Trade Organisation

Secretariat, and Professor Fiona Smith, School of Law, University of Warwick, gave

oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 January at 10.00 a.m.

Tuesday 10 January 2017

Members present

Marcus Fysh


Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

 

In the absence of the Chair, Mr Nigel Evans was called to the chair.

3. Future programme


4. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on the Comprehensive Economic and

Trade Agreement.


Professor L Alan Winters CB, UK Trade Policy Observatory, University of Sussex, Dan

Lewis, Chief Executive, Economic Policy Centre, and Gary N Horlick, International

Trade Lawyer, gave evidence.



Members present

Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Marcus Fysh

Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne


1. Future programme



Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to UK trade options beyond 2019

be reported to the House for publication:

UKT0003 British Ceramic

Confederation

UKT0005 Agriculture & Horticulture

Development Board (AHDB)

UKT0006 Association of British

Insurers

UKT0011 Trade Justice Movement

UKT0012 Country Land & Business

Association (CLA)

UKT0013 ADS Group

UKT0014 The Investment Association

UKT0015 Tate & Lyle Sugars Limited

UKT0016 London Chamber of

Commerce and Industry

UKT0017 Dr Anamaria Nicolae

UKT0019 UK Trade Policy

Observatory

UKT0020 Traidcraft

UKT0022 British Chambers of

Commerce

UKT0023 Royal Commonwealth

Society

UKT0024 Economists for Brexit

UKT0025 Stop TTIP uk

UKT0026 Mr Martin Allen

UKT0027 Keep Our NHS Public

(KONP)

UKT0028 Friends of the Earth

(England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

UKT0035 Society of Motor

Manufacturers and Traders

Mike Hawes, Chief Executive, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Mike

Spicer, Director of Research and Economics, British Chambers of Commerce, and Peter

Hardwick, Head of Exports, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, gave

oral evidence.

Nick Dearden, Director, Global Justice Now, Dr Lange Poulsen, Senior Lecturer in

International Political Economy, University College London, and Christos Sirros,

Agent-General, Quebec Government in London, gave oral evidence.



Members present


James Clerverly

Marcus Fysh

Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

 

1. Future programme





UKT0029 Dairy UK

UKT0030 Economic Policy Centre

UKT0031 Which?

UKT0032 National Farmers’ Union

UKT0033 Freight Transport

Association

UKT0034 Liverpool Law Schools

UKT0036 British Exporters Association

(BExA)

UKT0037 Center for Global

Development in Europe

UKT0038 Royal College of Nursing

UKT0039 Falkland Islands Government

UKT0040 General Council of the Bar of

England and Wales

UKT0041 Overseas Development

Institute

UKT0042 Fairtrade Foundation

UKT0043 Ms Cheryl Coyne

UKT0044 Mr Timothy Flitcroft

UKT0045 Polar Research and Policy

Initiative

UKT0046 Hook Tangaza

UKT0048 The Law Society

Sir Andrew Cahn, former head of UK Trade and Investment, Owen Tudor, Head of

European Union and International Relations, TUC, and Sean McGuire, Director, CBI

Brussels, gave evidence.

Mickael Laurans, Interim Head of International Policy and Engagement, Head of

Brussels (EU and WTO) Affairs, The Law Society, Hugh Savill, Director of Regulation,

Association of British Insurers, and Gerard Grech, CEO, Tech City UK, gave evidence.



Members present


Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Marcus Fysh


Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

 

1. Future programme


2. UK-US trade relations

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into UK-US trade relations.


Professor Niamh Moloney, Professor of Financial Markets Law, London School of

Economics, and Allister Heath, Deputy Editor, The Telegraph, gave evidence.

Anthony Browne, CEO, British Bankers’ Association, Chris Cummings, CEO, The

Investment Association, and Gary Campkin, Director of Policy and Strategy, The City

UK, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till tomorrow at 10.15 a.m.

Wednesday 1 February 2017

Members present


Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Marcus Fysh


Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

 

1. Future programme



Ordered, That the written evidence relating to UK trade options beyond 2019 submitted

by the Department for International Trade be reported to the House for publication.

Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the

Board of Trade, and Sir Martin Donnelly KCB CMB, Permanent Secretary, Department

for International Trade, gave evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 February at 10.15 a.m.

Tuesday 7 February 2017

Members present

Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Marcus Fysh


Chris Leslie

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne


1. Future programme


2. Support for exports and investment

Resolved, That the Committee inquire into this matter.




UKT0054 Institute of Export and International Trade

UKT0055 Institute of Export and International Trade

Lord Jones of Birmingham, former Trade Minister, Lesley Batchelor OBE, Director

General, Institute of Export, and Marcus Dolman, Co-Chair, British Exporters

Association, gave oral evidence.

Mohammed Razzaque, Economic Adviser, Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr Peg Murray-

Evans, Research Associate, Department of Politics, University of York, Lord Marland,

Chair, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, and Professor Nauro

Campos, Professor of Economics and Finance, Brunel University, gave oral evidence.



Members present


Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Marcus Fysh


Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

1. Future programme





UKT0050 Association of British

Insurers

UKT0051 Mr Peter Ungphakorn





Members present


Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Marcus Fysh


Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

1. Future programme



Ordered, That Dr Lorand Bartels and Shanker Singham be appointed Specialist

Advisers to assist the Committee in matters related to UK-US trade relations. (For

details of declarations of interests, see Appendix 1.)


Colin Lawther, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management and Purchasing, Nissan, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till to-morrow at 10.30 a.m.

Appendix 1: Details of Specialist Advisers’ declarations of interests

Lorand Bartels

External Senior Counsel, Linklaters, advising on Brexit-related trade law issues.

Shanker Singham

Director, Economic Policy, Legatum Institute

CEO, Competere Ltd

Wednesday 1 March 2017

Members present


Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Marcus Fysh


Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

 

Draft Report (UK trade options beyond 2019), proposed by the Chair, brought up and

read.

Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 to 205 read and agreed to.

Annexes 1 and 2 and Summary agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the First Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with

the provisions of Standing Order No. 134.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 March at 10.00 a.m.


Members present


Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Marcus Fysh


Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Sir Desmond Swayne

1. Future programme



Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to UK-US trade relations be

reported to the House for publication:

TER0002 Dr Linda Roland Danil

TER0003 David Cursons

TER0004 Simon Bond

TER0005 Keep Our NHS Public

(KONP)

TER0006 Wine and Spirit Trade

Association

TER0007 Susan Hedley

TER0009 Mr Julian Hopes

TER0010 Maurice Frank

TER0013 Mr John Wallace

TER0049 Mr Piers Carter

TER0052 Mr Brian Page

TER0074 Mr Michael Cobley

TER0112 Mrs Jean Cox

TER0115 Ms Christine Wardlow

TER0186 Miss Tessa Burrington

TER0224 ACPYPN/CTLD

TER0226 Team Support & Training Ltd

TER0227 Mr Gordon Sim

TER0228 Ms Jean Casale

TER0229 Compassion in World

Farming

TER0230 NHS Partners Network

TER0231 Association of British

Insurers

TER0246 SumOfUs

TER0251 The London Market Group

(LMG)

TER0252 RSPCA

TER0253 TUC

TER0254 Lloyd’s

TER0255 Global Justice Now

TER0257 Mr Luke Hodson

TER0259 Agriculture & Horticulture

Development Board

TER0260 Which?

TER0261 Unite the Union

TER0262 Global Justice Glasgow

TER0263 Mr Richard Chapman

TER0264 Cruelty Free International

TER0265 TheCityUK

TER0266 38 degrees

TER0267 Linda Kaucher

TER0268 St Andrews TTIP Action

Group

TER0269 Ronnie McNeil

TER0270 Policy Exchange

TER0271 National Farmers’ Union

TER0272 Institute of Directors

TER0273 Mr James Robert Gillespie

TER0274 Dr Thomas Henry Adams

TER0275 War on Want

TER0276 AIC Ltd.

TER0277 Mr John Benson

TER0278 Mr Roger Gartland

TER0279 Renagh Christopher

Edward Barker, Director, Trade Strategy, Department for International Trade, gave oral evidence.



Members present


Liam Byrne

James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans


Sir Edward Leigh

Toby Perkins

Sir Desmond Swayne

1. Future programme





TER0280 Mr Kris Frank

TER0281 Dr Michael Joffe

TER0282 BritishAmerican Business

TER0283 Submissions from 38 degrees

members


Ordered, That the written evidence relating to Support for exports and investment

submitted by North East England Chamber of Commerce be reported to the House for

publication.

Dr Adam Marshall, Director General, British Chambers of Commerce, and James Ramsbotham, Chief Executive, North East England Chamber of Commerce, gave oral evidence.



Members present


James Cleverly

Mr Nigel Evans

Marcus Fysh


Chris Leslie

Shabana Mahmood

Toby Perkins

1. Future programme



Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Support for exports and

investment be reported to the House for publication:

SEI0002 Engineering and Machinery

Alliance

SEI0003 Adam Smith Institute

SEI0006 The GAMBICA Association

Ltd.

SEI0007 Sponsors’ Alliance

SEI0008 Black Country Chamber of

Commerce

SEI0009 China-Britain Business

Council

SEI0010 UKTAG/BPA

SEI0011 PACT – Producers’ Alliance

for Cinema and TV

SEI0013 British Footwear Association

SEI0014 UK Fashion & Textile

Association

SEI0015 British Chambers of

Commerce

SEI0017 Chief Economic Development

Officers’ Society (CEDOS)

SEI0018 Federation of Small

Businesses

SEI0019 Association of British Insurers

SEI0020 The Investment Association

SEI0021 British Fashion Council

SEI0023 British Marine

SEI0024 Insight Africa UK




TER0008 Maeve Kelly TER0011 Mr Brian Turner

TER0012 Mr Paul Wyatt

TER0014 Eliot Lord

TER0015 Samuel Henly

TER0029 Mr Steve Durrant

TER0051 Mr Greg Higman

TER0113 Agricultural Christian

Fellowship

TER0114 Dr Bob Langton

TER0116 William Johnston

TER0144 Mr Jack Dear

TER0202 Professor Nicholas Boreham

TER0225 Mr Jamie Armour

TER0284 Barnali Choudhury,

University College London

Resolved, That the Committee visit the US and Canada in June 2017 in connection with its inquiry into UK-US trade relations, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit. Jeffries Briginshaw, CEO, BritishAmerican Business, and Allie Renison, Head of Europe and Trade Policy, Institute of Directors, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 19 April at 9.45 a.m.

Wednesday 19 April 2017

Members present


James Cleverly

Nigel Evans


Sir Edward Leigh

Chris Leslie

Sir Desmond Swayne

1. UK-US Trade Relations



Agricultural Christian Fellowship

(TER0113)

Barnali Choudhury, University College

London (TER0284)

Dr Bob Langton (TER0114)

Eliot Lord (TER0014)

Maeve Kelly (TER0008)

Mr Brian Turner (TER0011)

Mr Greg Higman (TER0051)

Mr Jack Dear (TER0144)

Mr Jamie Armour (TER0225)

Mr Paul Wyatt (TER0012)

Mr Steve Durrant (TER0029)

Professor Nicholas Boreham

(TER0202)

Samuel Henly (TER0015)

William Johnston (TER0116)


Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Support for exports and

investment be reported to the House for publication:

Adam Smith Institute (SEI0003)

Association of British Insurers

(SEI0019)

Black Country Chamber of Commerce

(SEI0008)

British Chambers of Commerce

(SEI0015)

British Fashion Council (SEI0021)

British Footwear Association (SEI0013)

British Marine (SEI0023)

Chief Economic Development Officers

Society (CEDOS) (SEI0017)

China-Britain Business Council

(SEI0009)

Engineering and Machinery Alliance

(SEI0002)

Federation of Small Businesses

(SEI0018)

Insight Africa UK (SEI0024)

Pact - Producers Alliance for Cinema

and TV (SEI0011)

Sponsors Alliance (SEI0007)

The GAMBICA Association Ltd

(SEI0006)

The Investment Assocation (SEI0020)

UK Fashion & Textile Association

(SEI0014)

UKTAG/BPA (SEI0010)

Adam Mansell, Chief Executive, UK Fashion and Textile Association, Rupert Sexton, Sales (Italy) and Special Projects, Maycast Nokes, and Chris Walker, Chief Executive, Diamond Hard Surfaces, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 April at 10.00 a.m.

Wednesday 26 April 2017

Members present


James Cleverly




Ordered, That the written evidence relating to Support for exports and investment

submitted by the British Exporters Association be reported to the House for publication.

2. UK-US Trade Relations

Ordered, That the written evidence relating to UK-US trade relations submitted by

Edward Barker, Director, Trade Strategy, Department for International Trade, be

reported to the House for publication.


Ordered, That the letter from the Secretary of State to the Chair regarding the

Government’s response to the Committee’s report on UK trade options beyond 2019 be

published.

4. Vote of thanks

Resolved, that the Chair and the staff be thanked for their work during the Parliament.

[The Committee adjourned.

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