Progress with trade negotiations

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 30 Nov 2021 Closed: 27 May 2022 Parliament page
Trade is vital to the UK economy. In 2019, the UK exported goods and services worth £689 billion and UK imports were worth £717 billion. Following EU exit, the Government is taking forward the UK’s independent international trade policy and is aiming for 80% of UK trade to be covered … Read more
8 Recommendations
21 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
27 May
2022
Report published
18 Mar
2022
Report published
22 Feb
2022
Correspondence
19 Jan
2022
Oral evidence
19 Jan
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
19 Jan 2022
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Progress with trade negotiations
Amanda Brooks · Department for International Trade Beatrice Kilroy-Nolan · Cabinet Office Crawford Falconer · Department for International Trade James Bowler CB · HM Treasury Katrina Williams · The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Forty-Fifth Report - Progress with trade negotiations HC 993 18 Mar 2022 29 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
2 Recommendation Rejected
Forty-Fifth Report - Progress with…
The Department has not set out how it will measure the benefits and outcomes of...
The Department has not set out how it will measure the benefits and outcomes of its programme of trade negotiations. The Department has published impact assessments, including projected economic benefits for each of the new FTAs it is pursuing, and … Read more
Government Response
The government disagrees, but states it will publish detailed impact assessments and monitoring reports, and that the Outcome Delivery Plan includes metrics for trade negotiations.
HM Treasury
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Government Response AI assessment · 20 of 8 classified
Accepted 8
Acknowledged 8
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 1
Total 8 recs + 21 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
22 Feb 2022 Correspondence from James Bowler, Permanent Secretary, Department for International Trade, re Public Accounts Committee: Progress of Trade Negotiations, dated 4 February 2022
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