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HANSARDFreeportsThe hon. Lady makes a serious and important point. We are working hard and closely with our Treasury colleagues and others to ensure that we design the policy in the right way so…17 Oct 2019HANSARDFreeportsI am grateful to my hon. Friend—no one in the House works harder to promote their area than him. Freeports offer an opportunity to unleash enterprise. We want to set forth all the…17 Oct 2019HANSARDFreeportsMy hon. Friend is correct in his assertion that freeports have the potential to drive growth in towns and cities across the UK, enabling them to make the most of Brexit…17 Oct 2019HANSARDInternational TradeTo put the FDI numbers into further context, UNCTAD’s figures show that FDI flows—flows not stocks; I hope the hon. Member for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson) knows the…03 Sept 2019HANSARDInternational TradeTo put the FDI numbers into further context, UNCTAD’s figures show that FDI flows—flows not stocks; I hope the hon. Member for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson) knows the…03 Sept 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hornchurch and Upminster (Julia Lopez) on securing the debate and on her…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyThe overall stock fell. The hon. Gentleman is talking about flows; he should try and get to grips with this. Maybe this will be a useful seminar for him to do so. If the hon.…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyMy hon. Friend is a particular champion of industries in his area, not least ceramics in Stoke. I thank him for speaking in my constituency last Friday and talking about the…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?23 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyI am disturbed to hear about this pattern of behaviour whereby the UK Government are allegedly inhibiting the Scottish Government’s promoting Scotland. We perhaps do not have time…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyIt is better to have your screen go blank than your mind go blank, as may have happened to the hon. Gentleman when he started to talk about FDI, on which we are doing so well.…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Trade and Investment StrategyI am grateful to the shadow Minister for that intervention. The danger is in selectively seeking those things. On every possible measure, we see the UK— [ Interruption. ] I hope…23 Jul 2019HANSARDRenewable Energy ExportsI shall try to give a straight answer to a not entirely straight question. As I said, we have the sector deal. We have the export strategy and we are putting enormous effort into…11 Jul 2019HANSARDRenewable Energy ExportsPromoting renewables is, of course, one more function of a dedicated trade Department, and we have export campaigns targeting renewable energy opportunities across Europe, Latin…11 Jul 2019HANSARDRenewable Energy ExportsI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on championing those employers and, more importantly, employees in his constituency across the world. We are absolutely dedicated to doing that.…11 Jul 2019HANSARDInternational Education StrategyFew do more than my hon. Friend to promote UK education. Since the strategy launch in March, we have established a cross-Government implementation group to turn the strategy’s…06 Jun 2019HANSARDExport StrategyOne of this Administration’s successes is the establishment of the Department for International Trade. For the first time, we have a dedicated, focused international economic…06 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend from Yorkshire who is right to highlight the outstanding contribution from the team in Barnsley. I will leave it to other Departments and Ministers…06 Jun 2019HANSARDInternational Education StrategyMy hon. Friend is right: the UK education sector is world leading. It has four of the top 10 universities in the world and 18 of the top 100. Institutions such as the universities…06 Jun 2019HANSARDInward Foreign Direct InvestmentOn almost every measure, the UK has strengthened its position as the most attractive investment destination in Europe since the EU referendum. According to “The fDi Report 2019”,…06 Jun 2019