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From: Greg Hands MP news@greghands.

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Subject: News Bulletin from Greg Hands MP #466
Date: 12 September 2016 at 12:56
To: news@greghands.com

Issue 466 - Monday 12th September 2016

In this edition:

Since the last edition, Greg:

Greg Hands MPs Diary


Website of the Week:
Department for International
Trade

Congratulated local students on their GCSE and A Level


results.
Welcomed National Grids announcement that gas
replacement works on the Kings Road and the associated oneway system are due to be finished by Friday, 16 September,
ahead of schedule.
Raised local residents concerns about an increasing level of
littering and fly-tipping in Fulham. For more on the local
Conservatives campaign, see below.
Visited Putney High School to address a group of Years 9-13
students to discuss politics and the importance of learning
foreign languages. In particular, Greg discussed his ministerial
role and how being fluent in German (among other European
languages) has helped him in his professional life.
Answered the first parliamentary questions at the Despatch
Box as Minister of State for Trade and Investment alongside his
departmental colleagues, the Secretary of State for
International Trade, Dr Liam Fox MP, and Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State, Mark Garnier MP.
As Minister of State for Trade and Investment, visited the
USA. Greg spoke at a conference in Aspen, and made trade
promotion visits to Denver, Salt Lake City, and Fort Worth. The
strong response received shows that the UK is open for
business with renewed boost! Comments included: The
minister was spot-on with his comments on Brexit & weve
decided to stay in the UK based on guidance provided.
Held a meeting with the Argentine ambassador to discuss
the prospects for improved trade relations with the UK.
Spoke at the Department for International Developments
Supplier Conference discussing options to boost
opportunities for British firms alongside Rory Stewart MP.
Welcomed the Prime Ministers announcement on schools
reform. Greg made a 2005 election pledge on grammar
schools.
Congratulated his constituent, Georgie Twigg, on her gold
medal in hockey at the Rio Olympics.
Held his regular constituency surgery at Metro Bank, Fulham
Broadway. To make an appointment for one of Gregs advice
surgeries, please send an email to handsg@parliament.uk or
call 020 7219 5448.

Greg Hands welcomes new


jobs figures showing a
strong local economy in
Chelsea & Fulham and the
UK open for business
Photo news:
MP's Help and Advice
Surgery at Metro Bank
Local MP Greg Hands calls
on Labour Council to clean
up Fulham's streets
Hands in Parliament:
International Trade
Questions
Photo news:
August 2016 US Visit
PM to set out plans for
schools that work for
everyone
Photo news:
Putney High School
7 ways to contact
Greg Hands

Website of the Week:

www.trade.gov.uk
The website of the Department for International Trade, which
Greg joined in July as Minister of State for Trade & Investment.

Greg Hands welcomes new jobs figures


showing a strong local economy in Chelsea
& Fulham and the UK open for business

Greg Hands has welcomed the record-breaking figures, which show


that there are more people in work than ever before, with 703,000
more people in work across London. Compared with 2010 there are
more than 2.7 million more people across the United Kingdom in work,
meaning that more families in Chelsea & Fulham have the security of
a regular income.
In Chelsea & Fulham, the number of people claiming the key out of
work benefits has fallen by 859 - a 45 per cent drop since 2010.
These figures show that the record high employment rate has been
fuelled by full-time work, which has accounted for three quarters of the
employment growth since 2010, and that average wages grew by 2.4
per cent over the last year.
Furthermore, Britain has benefitted from record-breaking inward
investment by foreign companies, creating 24,191 new jobs in
London, news which has been welcomed by Greg Hands, Member of
Parliament for Chelsea & Fulham and Minister of State for Trade and
Investment.
In the last financial year almost 1,600 new jobs were created every
week by foreign direct investment with nearly 390,000 new jobs
created since 2010. Across the country, 2,213 projects were secured
with around 116,000 jobs created or safeguarded as a result of inward
investment, the second highest total on record.
These figures are the latest confirmation that the UK ranks highest in
Europe for foreign direct investment.
Member of Parliament for Chelsea & Fulham, Greg Hands, said:
These figures show that employment is growing across all the regions
and nations of the United Kingdom as we build a Britain that works for
everyone, not just the privileged few. They also show that London and
the UK are open for business thanks to the steps this Government has
taken.
The number of people in Chelsea & Fulham relying on the key out of
work benefits has fallen by 859 since 2010 a 45 per cent drop.
Nevertheless, this Conservative majority Government is not
complacent, which is why were pressing ahead with welfare reforms
like Universal Credit, making sure that it always pays for people to be
in work.
With the employment rate at a record high, the unemployment rate at
its lowest level in over 10 years, and wages up while inflation has
remained low, we are making sure that everyone can share in the
countrys wealth.
Since 2010, we have seen almost a million new businesses across
the UK and record-high employment proving that the whole of the
United Kingdom including here in Chelsea & Fulham is an
attractive place for overseas investors to do business.
These results show that we are in a position of strength as we begin
to forge a new rle for ourselves in the world negotiating our own
trade agreements so that we may build a country that works for
everyone, no matter where you live.

Photo news:

MP's Help and Advice Surgery at Metro


Bank

Greg Hands with Abdul from MetroBank Fulham Broadway. Greg


held another of his weekly surgeries at the bank this week.

Local MP Greg Hands calls on Labour


Council to clean up Fulhams streets
Greg Hands MP has joined
local Conservative Councillors
in calling on Hammersmith &
Fulhams Labour Council to
deal with the problem of litter
and fly-tipping on Fulhams
streets.
Local residents in Hammersmith
&
Fulham
are
becoming
increasingly vocal about the
problems they are having with
litter and fly-tipping. Comments
on social media have ranged
from rubbish worse than ever,
Fly tipping is so anti-social.
Cant even walk on the
pavement!, to Pavement dirty,
still not cleaned. Should not be
dumping point.
Cllr Greg Smith, the Group Leader of the Conservative opposition at
Hammersmith & Fulham Council, said: Labours token press release
about a pathetically low number of littering fines is an insult to
residents of Hammersmith and Fulham who have to walk through filthy
streets on a daily basis.
Labour need to get a grip and actually get the streets cleaned.
Speaking in response to Fulham residents increasingly vocal
concerns and in support of the local Conservatives campaign,
Member of Parliament for Chelsea & Fulham, Greg Hands, said:
Since Labour was elected to run the Borough in 2014, street litter and
fly-tipping have become much worse dramatically so in recent
months.
I am asking local residents to take pictures and report this ongoing
problem to the Council. I myself have reiterated many of these
concerns on social media, and Im seeking to raise peoples
awareness of the Conservative campaign to get the Council to clean
the streets properly and to take tougher enforcement action.
It is simply not good enough and indeed quite incredible that the
Labour administration is blaming the summer season for supposedly
overloading the bins.
Id like to thank Cllr Greg Smith and the local Conservative
councillors, who are trying to make sure that local residents get to live
in the sort of clean and healthy environment that they deserve.
If you are concerned about the increase in litter and fly-tipping in your
neighbourhood, please take a photo and use the hashtag
#HandFLitterCrisis on social media to draw to the Councils attention
that local residents will not put up with the current situation.

Hands in Parliament:

International Trade Questions


Thursday 8th September 2016

Click on the image above to watch Trade Questions.


Greg Hands MP answers questions at the first ever Commons Oral
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade:
Gavin Newlands, Scottish National Party, Paisley and
Renfrewshire North: If he will estimate the potential cost to the
economy of trade barriers between the UK and EU countries after the
UK has left the EU.
Greg Hands, The Minister of State, Department for International
Trade: We are going to make a success of Brexit. As the Prime
Minister made clear ahead of the G20 summit, the UK will continue to
be a powerful advocate for free and fair trade.
Gavin Newlands: I thank the Minister for that answer, such as it was.
Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU and the single
European market, the largest trading bloc in the world which benefits
consumers and businesses across Renfrewshire and right across
Scotland. Will he be advising the Prime Minister to negotiate to remain
inside the single market, yes or no?
Greg Hands: First, I remind the hon. Gentleman that more Scottish
people voted to remain in the UK than voted to remain in the EU. But
on the subject of the single market, our objective will be to gain as
much access as we can, consistent with the way people across the
whole of the UK voted on 23 June. That is the purpose of our
approach.
David Davies, Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee: Do Ministers agree
that Britain voted overwhelmingly for Brexit and we should stop
listening to the doom-mongers, recognise the democratic will of 17
million people, and all work together to make this the huge success it
is going to be?
Greg Hands: My hon. Friend is right. As the Prime Minister said,
Brexit means Brexit, and we need to make the most of the
opportunities our departure presents, getting out into the world and
doing business right across the globe, banging the drum for Britain
and doing trade.
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader
(Trade and Investment): I, too, welcome the Secretary of State and
his Front-Bench team to their places. We know that the Secretary of
State would like the UK to be outside the customs union and his
colleague the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
believes that at the end of this process the UK will be outside the
single market. We also know that the Prime Minister disagrees with
both of them. May I ask the Minister to ask the Secretary of State for
International Trade if he stands by his statement in July when he said:
If the price of the relationship with the single market is free movement
of people, its a price Im not willing to pay? Does he still want to leave
the European single market, yes or no?
Greg Hands: I refer the hon. Lady to the answer that I gave to her
colleague, Gavin Newlands, just a few seconds ago. I want to make it
quite clear that there will be no running commentary on the
negotiations at this stage. She will know how important that is,
following last years negotiations between the UK Government and the
Scottish Government on the fiscal framework, at which time the
Scottish Government understood perfectly the importance of not
providing a running commentary.
Ben Howlett Conservative, Bath: I agree with my right hon. Friend
that we should not be showing our hand when we go into such
massive negotiations as these, but will he expand on the
parliamentary process behind any new trade deals with the EU and
any other trading bloc?
Greg Hands: My hon. Friend raises an important point. Of course we
would want to keep Parliament involved and consulted in relation to
new trade deals, but precisely what format that will take is a matter for
us and for the House authorities.
Ben Bradshaw Labour, Exeter: No running commentary is
politician-speak for not having a clue. How is the Minister getting on
with delivering on the promise made by the Secretary of State for
Exiting the European Union that the Government would trigger a
large round of global trade deals with all our most favoured trade
partners by tomorrow?
Greg Hands: It is a bit rich for Opposition Members to talk about
having a clue. I noted with interest the Leader of the Opposition
yesterday attacking something he called free trade dogma. Let us be
absolutely clear: the Prime Minister has said that under her
leadership, Britain will seek to become the global leader in free trade,
and that is what we will do.
Robert Jenrick, Conservative, Newark: We know that politicians
love to don high-vis jackets, walk around factories and stand next to
manufacturing goods, but the reality is that 79% of our exports are in
services. The UK is the worlds second biggest exporter of services,
and all the most successful export nations play to their strengths. Will
my right hon. Friend assure me that, in setting the strategy for his
Department and choosing personnel and trade missions for the future,
he will focus on services as much as on goods?
Greg Hands: My hon. Friend makes a good point. I met him in July in
his capacity as joint chair of the all-party parliamentary group on trade
and investment. He is right that services are vital to our economy.
They provide 78% of our GDP and 80% of our jobs. It was often a
frustration with the EU that it failed to deepen the single market in
services. It is important to realise that we are talking not just about
financial services but about digital and other services. We will make
sure that they are all at the heart of our efforts as we move forward
into the free trade world.
Mims Davies, Conservative, Eastleigh: We heard this morning
about a focus on the positive opportunities for free trade with the
Commonwealth and Australia. Does the Minister agree that that gives
a great opportunity to reassure businesses in our constituencies that
this Government can make a great success of the bold choice made
by our voters?
Greg Hands: As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has
made clear, we are encouraged by comments coming from across the
Commonwealth, from leaders and Ministers of countries such as
Australia. Several additional ministerial visits are planned in
Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth marketsfor example,
Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. I will be in South Korea and
Taiwan, and other Ministers in China, Japan and Vietnam in the
coming months.

Greg Hands MP and Dr Liam Fox MP at the Dispatch Box at


International Trade Questions.

Photo news:

August 2016 US Trade Visit

Greg Hands MP visiting the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City


last month with Elder Don Clarke and his wife.

Greg Hands MP meeting Utah Governor Gary Herbert in Salt Lake


City last month to discuss the states strong trade links with the
UK.

Greg Hands MP with Executives of EchoStar corporation in


Denver last month.

Greg Hands MP visiting the Provo, Utah, headquarters of


technology firm ancestry.com with a major base in London, last
month. Photographed with CFO Harold Hochhauser.

PM to set out plans for schools that work


for everyone

The Prime Minister unveils measures to increase the number of


good school places and ensure all children have the best start in
life.

new measures will allow for a radical expansion of good


school places
merit, not background, to be deciding factor in how far
pupils progress
proposals to allow new grammars as well as giving the
green light for existing grammars to expand
universities who want to charge higher fees to be
required to give something back by establishing a new
school or sponsoring an existing underperforming school

This government is dedicated to making Britain a country that works


for everyone, not just the privileged few.
This mission is arguably more important in education than anywhere
else, and today the Prime Minister will unveil a comprehensive
package of measures to radically increase the number of good school
places in order to ensure that all children have the best possible
start in life.
In her first major domestic speech as Prime Minister, Theresa May will
make the case for wider social reform to build a true meritocracy in
Britain. She will say that schools can be an engine of social mobility
giving everyone the opportunity to develop their talents, and then go
as far as their talents can take them, regardless of their background.
Speaking at the British Academy in Central London, the Prime
Minister will make a clear commitment to tackle the existing injustice
that means too few children get the chance of an academic education.
This will include relaxing the restrictions on new or expanding
selective schools as well as allowing existing non-selective schools
to become selective in some circumstances.
As well as increasing the diversity in the school system, the Prime
Minister will talk about the importance of raising standards across the
country. There are currently 1.4 million more children in good or
outstanding schools since 2010 - a strong record that this government
is committed to building on.
However, the Prime Minister will say that despite progress made,
there are currently 1.25 million children in failing schools and for too
many children a good school place remains out of reach, which is an
injustice that she is committed to eradicating.
She will say: "We are going to build a country that works for everyone,
not just the privileged few. A fundamental part of that is having schools
that give every child the best start in life, regardless of their
background.
"For too long we have tolerated a system that contains an arbitrary
rule preventing selective schools from being established sacrificing
childrens potential because of dogma and ideology. The truth is that
we already have selection in our school system and its selection by
house price, selection by wealth. That is simply unfair.
"That is why I am announcing an ambitious package of education
reforms to ensure that every child has the chance to go to a good
school. As well as allowing new selective schools we will bring forward
a new requirement that means universities who want to charge higher
fees will be required to establish a new school or sponsor an existing
underperforming school.
"This is about being unapologetic for our belief in social mobility and
making this country a true meritocracy a country that works for
everyone."
The government will now consult on a number of new proposals
including:

requiring new or expanding grammars to take a proportion of


pupils from lower income households, so that selective
education is not reserved for those with the means to move
into a catchment area or pay for tuition to pass the test; or
requiring them to establish a new, high quality, non-selective
free school. Requiring them to set up or sponsor a primary
feeder school in an area with a high density of lower income
households; or
requiring them to sponsor a currently underperforming nonselective academy

As part of the wider commitment to increasing the number of good


school places, the Prime Minister will also say that universities who
want to charge higher fees should be required to set up a new school
or sponsor an existing underperforming school.
Research shows that prior attainment is one of the biggest factors
determining access to university.
Under the new arrangements, universities would be expected to use
their educational expertise to do more to raise standards in schools.
This will create a talent pipeline, through which pupils from all
backgrounds will have a greater opportunity to get the grades and
skills they need to go on to university, and help universities in their
efforts to widen participation of lower income students.
A number of top universities already have successful partnership
arrangements with academies or free schools and some have
already established new free schools or sponsored existing
academies.
Examples include:

Kings College London which took advantage of the free


schools programme to open a specialist sixth form college Kings College London Mathematics School which supports
young people across London with a talent for maths to excel.
The results have been outstanding with 100% of their
students receiving an A or A* grade in GCSE maths
University of Brighton which now works with 12 schools after
successfully turning around a secondary school in Hastings
where GCSE results were among the worst in the country. In
2015, St Leonards Academy achieved its best ever results
placing it in the top 10% of similar schools nationally
University of Birmingham which after setting up a secondary
school in early 2015 became Birminghams third most
oversubscribed school in the city with 1,237 applications for
its 150 places for Year 7 and its sixth form

Following the transfer of responsibility for higher and further education


policy to the Department for Education, todays announcement marks
the start of the process of bringing Englands school and university
systems closer together with a culture of high expectations for all
placed right at the heart.

Photo news:

Putney High School

Greg Hands giving a speech and answering questions from girls


at Putney High School last week.

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