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HANSARDEngagementsindicated assent .07 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her comments. I hope that as we progress the discussions today, we will be able to look at them.06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Just over two and a half years ago, the UK set out as an independent trading nation and began a new future outside the…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillWe have not only built in safeguards for that, but of course all the safety regulations in our own domestic requirements remain clear barriers to entry, so we are very clear that…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI thank my hon. Friend. Both hon. Members highlight what is important about what we are doing today, which is bringing to the House, as part of our new free trade agreement…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and, indeed, for his incredible work in the Department over the last year to help us to grow our export opportunities for businesses.…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. A key element of the Australia and New Zealand trade deals is the improved mobility arrangements, which will not only give those…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillWe have done a great deal of economic assessment across any number of layers. I am very happy to share with the hon. Gentleman some of the detail in due course, and the team will…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Billrose —06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI will give way.06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillThe concerns that the farming community has raised are ones we have addressed many times, but I am happy to address them again. As part of the trade deals, and acutely aware of…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI thank my hon. Friend for her comments. To give her reassurance, all our trade negotiating teams have Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs teams within them. They…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is why we have built into these first two of our trade deals these very clear and robust safeguards, so that there cannot in the early…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy right hon. Friend raises an important point, which is that we have done trade deals with two partner countries that are very much of the same view as us on food safety…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI can update the hon. Gentleman: those discussions are continuing and our officials are continuing to work out the best way forward, and I will make sure they give him an update…06 Sept 2022HANSARDTrade Policy UpdateSince the House adjourned for the summer recess, the Department for International Trade has made good progress on a number of areas. This statement provides Parliament with an…06 Sept 2022HANSARDThe UK-Ukraine Digital Trade AgreementOn 24 August, the Government launched negotiations with Ukraine towards a bilateral digital trade agreement, the proposed UK-Ukraine digital trade agreement. The UK is standing…05 Sept 2022HANSARDMexico Trade NegotiationsThe first round of United Kingdom-Mexico free trade agreement negotiations took place during the week commencing 11 July. A small delegation of officials undertook technical…21 Jul 2022HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipThe United Kingdom continues to make good progress toward joining the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership (CPTPP) this year. Below is an update…21 Jul 2022HANSARDUK-New Zealand Free Trade AgreementThe Government have, today, laid before Parliament a report on the UK-New Zealand free trade agreement. The report is required under section 42 of the Agriculture Act 2020, prior…21 Jul 2022