{"value":{"id":1466093,"memberId":4004,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister for Exports","uin":"HCWS57","dateMade":"2022-05-26T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":202,"answeringBodyName":"Department for International Trade","title":"Prime Minister's Trade Envoy Programme","text":"<p>The Prime Minister has today made three new appointments to his Trade Envoy programme. The appointments are:</p><p> </p><p>The Rt. Hon. Member for Basingstoke (Maria Miller MP) has been appointed as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Canada</p><p> </p><p>The Rt. Hon. Member for Maldon (John Whittingdale MP) has been appointed as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to the Republic of Korea</p><p> </p><p>The Rt. Hon. Lord Hutton of Furness (John Hutton) has been appointed as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Turkey</p><p> </p><p>The new appointments will extend the total number of Trade Envoys to 40 parliamentarians, covering 80 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":"Commons","noticeNumber":12,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1466123,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2022-05-26T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1466093","method":"GET"}]}