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Written question asked by Jonathan Edwards (Independent (affiliation)) on Wednesday, 17 June 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 June 2020 (named day). It was answered by Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative) on Monday, 22 June 2020 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.


Trade Remedies Authority: Public Appointments

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that there are representatives of the devolved Administrations on the Trade Remedies Authority.

Answer

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) Board will be crucial to safeguarding the TRA’s impartiality and making sure that it acts in the interest of all parts of the United Kingdom.

We are engaging with the devolved administrations, in line with HM Government’s commitments during the passage of the Trade Bill in 2017-18, and recently sought their proposals on recruiting TRA Board Members with knowledge of the United Kingdom as a whole, a broad range of skills and diverse experience. However, it is essential that members are appointed on merit, rather than due to their affiliations with any particular part of the United Kingdom or special interest group.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
60736
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Devolution Public appointments Trade Remedies Authority
Link
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