{"value":{"id":1461683,"memberId":4876,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister for Investment","uin":"HLWS5","dateMade":"2022-05-11T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":202,"answeringBodyName":"Department for International Trade","title":"Prime Minister's Trade Envoy Programme","text":"<p>My Hon Friend the Minister for Exports (Mike Freer MP) has today made the following statement.</p><p>The Prime Minister has made a new appointment to his Trade Envoy programme. The new appointment is:</p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon Member for Tunbridge Wells, Greg Clark MP, has been appointed as Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Japan.</p><p> </p><p>The new appointment will extend the total number of Trade Envoys to 37 parliamentarians, covering 77 markets. The role as a Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy is unpaid and voluntary with cross-party membership from both Houses. The broad role supports the UK’s ambitious trade and investment agenda by championing Global Britain and promoting the UK as a destination of choice for inward investment. They also support the UK’s economic recovery through the levelling up agenda, by helping business take advantage of the opportunities arising in export markets.</p><p> </p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1461672,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2022-05-11T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1461683","method":"GET"}]}