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HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroYes, that will play a major part in where we move to, as we take forward the ambitious agenda that this Government instigated by legislating for net zero and that has been…09 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Infrastructure Planning ProjectsThe Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my noble Friend Lord Callanan, has today made the following statement: This statement concerns an application for…08 Feb 2023HANSARDFood and Drink Export CouncilToday I am providing an update on the establishment of the Food and Drink Export Council (FDEC). I am pleased to announce that the inaugural meeting of the FDEC took place on…26 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational TradeThis Department and, in fact, this entire Government are committed to growing our exports. We are going to export our way to growth and, in the 12 months to October 2022, exports…09 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational TradeThis Department and, in fact, this entire Government are committed to growing our exports. We are going to export our way to growth and, in the 12 months to December 2022, trade…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingIf my right hon. Friend were to invite me, I would be delighted to visit the Backyard Brewhouse in Brownhills. British food and drink are among the best in the world, renowned for…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingI thank my hon. Friend—the hon. Member for that question. This Government care passionately about the UK economy. It might interest the hon. Member to know that the EU remains a…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingThis negativity about our export position with the European Union is precisely why so many people are turned off from the Labour party and have been for such a long time. Contrary…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingI would be very pleased to visit the hon. Gentleman’s constituency and try all those fine whiskies. I had a meeting with the Scotch Whisky Association just last week. It is very…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingThank you, Mr Speaker, for allowing the House to take a moment this morning to show our resolve, and the country’s resolve, never to forget the horrors and barbarism committed on…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingWe will take no lectures from the SNP on supporting Scottish farmers and food producers. It is not the UK Government who are accused of operating in an information void due to the…15 Dec 2022HANSARDExportsBoosting exports is at the forefront of this Government’s agenda. I am pleased to say that UK exports were worth nearly £760 billion in the 12 months to the end of October…15 Dec 2022HANSARDExportsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question, but I am afraid that what he says is simply not true: the Japan deal was not a roll-over, and neither were those with Australia and…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingAs the hon. Member is aware, in our negotiations with New Zealand and Australia we have ensured that there are huge protections for British food and farming, including a long…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can indeed. At the green trade and investment expo in Gateshead last month, I saw many companies from around the UK that are engaged in exporting renewable energies technology…15 Dec 2022HANSARDExportsThis Department and, in fact, this entire Government are committed to growing our exports. We are going to export our way to growth and, in the 12 months to December 2022, trade…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on his work not only as the MP for Waveney but as the chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on the British offshore oil and gas industry. He…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingThe trade deals with New Zealand and Australia are great deals for British exporters and this country. As I said, unlike the Scottish National party, we are committed to…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingI thank my hon. Friend, and constituency neighbour but one, for all that he does to champion farmers in Aberdeenshire, and indeed across Scotland, as he did when he was a Scotland…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member obviously was not listening to what I said earlier. Trade with the EU is actually up 18%. Instead of coming here and talking down Scottish and British businesses…15 Dec 2022