Speeches

Lord Storey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Trade

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-09-15.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who the current trade envoys are, what the total cost of their provision is, and whether they will produce a report on their work.

Lord Price

The current trade envoys are:

Trade Envoy

Market(s)

Adam Afriyie MP

Ghana

Rushanara Ali MP

Bangladesh

Richard Benyon MP

Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP

Egypt

Richard Graham MP

Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, ASEAN Economic Community

John Howell MP

Nigeria

Andrew Murrison MP

Morocco, Tunisia

Mark Prisk MP

Nordic and Baltic Countries, Brazil

Lord Hollick of Notting Hill

Tanzania, Kenya

Rt Hon. Baroness Northover

Angola

Lord Popat of Harrow

Uganda, Rwanda

Lord Risby of Haverhill

Algeria

Rt Hon. Lord Astor of Hever DL

Kazakhstan, Oman

Rt Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick

Iran

Rt Hon. Lord King of Bridgwater

Saudi Arabia

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan

Rt Hon. Lord Janvrin

Turkey

Baroness Morris of Bolton

Jordan, Kuwait, Palestinian Territories

Lord Faulkner of Worcester

Taiwan

Lord Puttnam of Queensgate

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

Mexico

The 2016/17 budget for the Trade Envoy Programme is £333,936.

Trade Envoys, and Posts, report on market visits and UK engagements to identify actions and outcomes on an ongoing basis.