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HANSARDExportsI thank my right hon. Friend for his question and for bringing to my attention that it will also be a new agreement between Canada and ourselves, which I forgot to mention in my…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingI thank my hon. Friend for what she does for the food producers of North Devon. We have fantastic British produce, with protected geographical indications, such as Welsh lamb,…15 Dec 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsI thank the hon. Gentleman; I was about to reference the travel requirements. I was not blaming the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar for not coming, but it is sad. I am…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsNo, we have not. That is why our trade deals include specific measures to uphold them. Before I go on, I must quickly correct the record. Earlier, the Minister for Trade Policy,…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsIn my 1,900 square mile rural constituency I have regular interactions with farmers—probably far more than the hon. Lady has in her Edinburgh North and Leith constituency. I will…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsIt is a pleasure to have had the opportunity to listen to this debate, to contribute to it and, indeed, to close it on behalf of the Government, especially as I am doing so as the…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsI would like, instead, to run through how the SNP are failing Scotland’s farmers, given how strongly the hon. Gentleman professes to be championing them. If they were friends of…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsI will not. The SNP are not champions for Scotland’s farmers. They are political opportunists who think that they can still get away with professing one thing in this place and…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsMy right hon. Friend has an incredible amount of experience in this field. I would be happy to take up the issue with him outside the Chamber following the debate. Our deals…14 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Export Supply ChainsThe Government are committed to stabilising the economy, driving down inflation and increasing British exports around the world. My hon. Friend is a great champion for his…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEuropean TradeEurope remains a vital export destination for British businesses, which exported £344.6 billion-worth of goods and services in the 12 months to the end of June 2022. DIT Europe…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEuropean TradeI thank the hon. Lady for her question, but I am afraid this Government will take no lessons from the Labour party on trade deficits, given that it inherited a trade surplus of…03 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Export Supply ChainsThe hon. Members will be aware that His Majesty’s Treasury leads on this policy area. However, I am happy to provide them with an update on the support that my Department is…03 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Export Supply ChainsIt is a bit rich for the SNP to talk about political instability and uncertainty given that its own policy is to rip Scotland out of the United Kingdom, doing more damage to…03 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Export Supply ChainsThe hon. Gentleman is a champion for Angus farmers and Angus berries, which we would like to see exported to more markets around the world. Indeed, that is why we are in the…03 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question, and for everything that he does to support business in South West Bedfordshire. Businesses can access advice and support through the…03 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is simply untrue that the standing of the UK has fallen anywhere close to where the hon. Gentleman says it has. We are committed to doing trade deals; in fact, this Government…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Cross-Channel Migrants: Manston FacilityI thank my right hon. Friend for coming to the Chamber this morning to answer the urgent question. The situation at Manston is obviously unsustainable and, according to reports,…27 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)The Minister has just informed the Committee that the chief negotiator met the DAs 25 times in the run-up to this trade Bill being put down. Will the hon. Member for Brighton,…18 Oct 2022HANSARDFreeports3. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on when a decision will be taken on the winners of the bids for green freeports in Scotland.12 Oct 2022