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HANSARDTopical QuestionsFollowing our discussions last week, Minister Goyal and I were very clear that we want our negotiating teams to crack on and get a clear picture of the areas that we want to bring…20 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said, the negotiations with our Indian counterparts have just begun. We will not discuss the details of the negotiations while they are going on, but I have been very clear…20 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsEvery free trade agreement is negotiated in relation to the other country and we will continue to work with those as we build these, to look at how we best bring together free…20 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I have outlined today, I am pleased that yesterday we were able to formally launch our negotiations with the US to find a solution to the section 232 tariffs, which have been…20 Jan 2022HANSARDZero Emission VehiclesThe UK will continue to work through the Zero Emission Vehicles Transition Council for an accelerated and equitable global transition to zero emission vehicles as well as delivery…19 Jan 2022HANSARDZero Emission VehiclesMy hon. Friend the Minister for industry visited innovative UK companies Cornish Lithium and British Lithium just last week to see their exciting progress towards producing…19 Jan 2022HANSARDZero Emission VehiclesAt COP26, the UK launched a joint statement with more than 100 signatories, committing to work towards all new car sales being zero emission by 2040 globally, and by 2035 in…19 Jan 2022HANSARDZero Emission VehiclesThe Government are leading the way in supporting the transition that our vehicle manufacturers are making towards zero emission vehicles and through the work that the COP…19 Jan 2022HANSARDZero Emission VehiclesThe ongoing work that the net zero strategy has set forward, which my right hon. Friend the Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change continues to work on, will help…19 Jan 2022HANSARDUK-India Free Trade Agreement NegotiationsToday I am formally launching free trade negotiations between the UK and India from New Delhi, where I am meeting my Indian counterpart, the hon. Minister for Commerce and…13 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementThis agreement has a very detailed SPS chapter, and I would be very happy to sit down with the hon. Gentleman and ask the officials to talk him through it in more detail and…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementAs part of our export strategy, which we launched at the end of last year, we have a number of tools in the toolbox to help those businesses that are either already exporting or…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI will direct all our farmers who have concerns to the level of the safeguards that I set out earlier, which should reassure them, and, importantly, to the continuing growth in…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI concur absolutely with my hon. Friend’s comments that the high commissioner, George Brandis, has been a huge advocate and supporter of the deal and indeed has assisted in some…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI cannot speak for my colleagues in DEFRA, but I know that progress on the environmental land management schemes framework is developing at pace. That framework will be a really…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementLast year’s impact assessment was obviously a snapshot at the time. As the deal has continued to evolve from the agreement in principle back in June 2021, which was 12 pages of…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementAbsolutely. Our services sectors are second only in the world. They are a fantastic part of our export market, and we want to make sure that we showcase them in all the trade…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI am very proud that we have the environmental chapter in the free trade agreement, which sets out a mutual commitment to the Paris agreement. As I set out earlier, that was…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementAbsolutely. We hope that the TAC review will give us a good report and we await that; this cohort is there exactly to answer some of the challenges and anxieties brought to us,…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI thank my hon. Friend for his commitment as Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and also for his support of the free trade deal and indeed what…05 Jan 2022