Exports and UKTI work with national, regional and local governments

• Watch Parliament TV: Exports and role of UKTI
• Inquiry: Exports and role of UKTI
• Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

Witnesses

Tuesday 15 March 2016, Room 8, Palace of Westminster

At 9.30am:

• Katy Chamberlain, Chief Executive, Business in Focus,
• Neil Francis, Director International Trade and Investment, Scottish Development,
• Alison Gowdy, Director of Trade, Invest Northern Ireland;

At 10.15am:

• David Hughes, Head of Business Engagement, Kent County Council,
• James Cushing, Chair, Chief Economic Development Officers' Society,
• Councillor Iain Malcolm, Vice Chair, North East Combined Authority's Economic Regeneration and Development Advisory Board;

At 10.45am:

• Jeremy Allen, Head of Investor Relations, Department of Energy and Climate Change,
• Tim Render, Head of the Great British Food Unit, Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs.

Purpose of the session

In particular the Committee are likely to consider:

• how effectively UKTI works with local government and administrations in the devolved regions and nations to support businesses to export,
• the advantages and challenges of localism and devolution in improving export support for business,
• how Whitehall departments are responding to the new "whole-of-government approach" to export promotion.

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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