Written statement on United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy Programme - Jan 28

Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Jonathan Reynolds): The Secretary of State has today appointed 32 Parliamentarians covering 79 markets to the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy programme.

The United Kingdom's Trade Envoys will play an integral role in the Government's growth mission and delivering our Plan for Change by helping to create opportunities for UK business to compete abroad, break into new markets and attract greater inward investment from their markets.

They will play a crucial role in supporting my Department's growth priorities, in particular through helping deliver the industrial and trade strategies and attracting foreign direct investment to every region in the UK. They complement the work of our Ambassadors, High Commissioners and His Majesty's Trade Commissioners in their respective markets by engaging with their host governments, leading trade delegations, hosting inward delegations, meeting businesses in the UK and in market and lobbying on market access issues.

The role as a United Kingdom Trade Envoy is unpaid and voluntary with cross-party membership from both Houses.

The Secretary of State is pleased to appoint:

The Hon Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to North Africa

The Hon Member for Bolton South and Walkden (Yasmin Qureshi MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Egypt

The Hon Member for Leyton and Wanstead (Calvin Bailey MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Southern Africa

The Hon Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Ben Coleman MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Morocco and Francophone West Africa

The Rt Hon Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath (Jane Ramsey) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Ethiopia

The Hon Member for Clapham and Brixton Hill (Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Ghana

The Hon Member for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (Flo Eshalomi MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Nigeria

The Hon Member for Edmonton and Winchmore Hill (Kate Osamor MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to East Africa

The Hon Member for Tooting (Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to South Africa

The Rt Hon Lord Spellar of Smethwick (John Spellar) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Australia

The Hon Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to New Zealand

The Rt Hon Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Tom Watson) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to the Republic of Korea

The Rt Hon Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Richard Faulkner) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Taiwan

The Hon Member for Bradford West (Naz Shah MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Indonesia and ASEAN

The Hon Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

The Hon Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Brunei

The Hon Member for Washington and Gateshead South (Sharon Hodgson MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Japan

The Hon Member for Manchester Rusholme (Afzal Khan CBE MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Türkiye

The Hon Member for Leeds Central and Headingley (Alex Sobel MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Ukraine

The Rt Hon Lord Austin of Dudley (Ian Austin) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Israel

The Hon Member for Hendon (David Pinto-Duschinsky MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Switzerland & Lichtenstein

The Rt Hon Lord Alderdice (John Alderdice) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan and Central Asia

Rt Hon Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Iain McNicol) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Jordan, Kuwait and Palestine Territories

The Hon Member for Bedford (Mohammad Yasin MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Pakistan

The Hon Member for Liverpool Walton (Dan Carden MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Mexico

The Hon Member for Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Southern Cone

The Hon Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Commonwealth Caribbean

The Rt Hon Lord Liddle (Roger Liddle) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Andean

The Hon Member for Whitehaven and Workington (Josh MacAlister OBE MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Brazil

The Hon Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden MP) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Central America

The Rt Hon Lord Hannett of Everton (John Hannett OBE) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka

The Rt Hon Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Rosie Winterton DBE PC) as the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Bangladesh

The new title of United Kingdon Trade Envoy programme better reflects the Envoys' duties in representing the whole United Kingdom, with the support of the Prime Minister, Secretary of State and Ministers.