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.