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HANSARDBusiness and Trade…When it comes to exports, we are exporting not only into the EU but outside the EU. As I said earlier, professional and business services exports increased outside the EU by 23%…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBusiness and TradeUK exports are increasing. Using current prices, they are up by £21 billion compared with 2022 .12 Mar 2024HANSARDBusiness and TradeUK exports are increasing. Using current prices, they are up by £21 billion compared with 2023 . [Official Report, 7 March 2024, Vol. 746, c. 943.] Letter of correction from the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBusiness and TradeThat is an extraordinary statement, because in the hon. Lady’s constituency the greatest level of exports is from professional and business services, and those exports are…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBusiness and Trade…When it comes to exports, we are exporting not only into the EU but outside the EU. As I said earlier, professional and business services are increasing outside the EU by 19% .…12 Mar 2024HANSARDExports: Small and Medium-sized BusinessesMy Department continues to help small and medium-sized enterprises to grow overseas and export to the world, especially this year—the year of the SME. Businesses can access a…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman attends the transition board meetings, so he knows that his question is not really relevant to what he is trying to get to the bottom of. We provided £500…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for highlighting the Policy Exchange report, and I agree that the UK should not enter a subsidy race with other industrial nations. We…07 Mar 2024HANSARDInfrastructure: Impact on Business InvestmentHigh-quality infrastructure is crucial for delivering economic growth. To quote a previous Prime Minister: “You and I come by road and rail, but economists travel on…07 Mar 2024HANSARDExports: Small and Medium-sized BusinessesWe can get the best explanation from looking at the data behind what the hon. Gentleman set out. He obviously omitted the international reality. In the same report, the OBR…07 Mar 2024HANSARDExports: Small and Medium-sized BusinessesThat is an extraordinary statement, because in the hon. Lady’s constituency the greatest level of exports is from professional and business services, and those exports are…07 Mar 2024HANSARDExports: Small and Medium-sized BusinessesUK exports are increasing. Using current prices, they are up by £21 billion compared with 2023. [Official Report, 12 March 2024, Vol. 747, c. 5MC.] (Correction) The UK trade show…07 Mar 2024HANSARDSteel IndustryA number of the issues that the hon. Gentleman raises are fundamentally locally. We work closely with Mayor Ben Houchen, who has done a remarkable amount of work for his part of…07 Mar 2024HANSARDInfrastructure: Impact on Business InvestmentIn my previous response, I wanted to expose the opportunities and grants that are available to ensure that charging points are criss-crossing the country. Often parliamentarians…07 Mar 2024HANSARDInfrastructure: Impact on Business InvestmentAs the Minister for the auto sector, I am very keen to ensure that we are breaking bad memes around the electric vehicle sector. We are doing a huge amount of work in this space.…07 Mar 2024HANSARDSteel IndustryOur commitment to the UK steel sector is clear. The Government are contributing up to £500 million in a joint investment with Tata Steel. We are in talks with British Steel…07 Mar 2024HANSARDExports: Small and Medium-sized BusinessesThere has not really been a loss in the market share. I have talked about what is happening internationally. We appreciate that small and medium-sized enterprises may not have the…07 Mar 2024HANSARDUkraine War: Trade and Business SupportThis week marks the two-year anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked and illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The UK and its allies stand united with Ukraine in condemning the…22 Feb 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: WalesI thank my hon. Friend for putting that on the record. I am not sure what evidence the hon. Member for Croydon Central has that the plant would not have been under threat. When…21 Feb 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: WalesMy hon. Friend raises an important point. UK Steel and a number of other umbrella organisations have done a huge amount of work in this space, including with universities in…21 Feb 2024