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HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementThe Trade and Agriculture Commission is a group of independent experts who will review in detail the agricultural elements of the deal. I look forward to receiving its report,…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementWe want to see our fantastic British produce sold around the world, including to Australians. As I mentioned, our teams working in the UK and around the world are there to help…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI thank my hon. Friend, who is an active and effective trade envoy to the Balkans. He raises an important point, and we have a great opportunity to help small businesses, which…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementThe CPTPP process is in play. We put in our application last year and we are being vetted. I am not sure how best to describe it—it is a bit like passing a set of exam questions,…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI thank the hon. Gentleman for his continued support of farmers in his constituency. In the animal welfare chapter, we have agreed a non-regression clause and a number of…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI am thrilled to hear that the hon. Gentleman is a supporter of ambitious trade deals, and I look forward to working closely with him in the months and years ahead as we continue…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI thank my hon. Friend, who is a former Minister in the Department, for all his work and for his continued passion and commitment in driving forward the UK’s opportunities to find…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI am glad the right hon. Gentleman supports international trade, but I come away slightly less than enthused that he is genuine in that, and I hope we will be able to persuade him…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. In a former incarnation, I was indeed in that other role. I am really delighted to be able to report to the House that, just before Christmas, the…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI will ask the team to write to my hon. Friend about the technical detail, because I do not have those figures to hand. However, really importantly, beyond the question of the…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI am thrilled that the hon. Gentleman is so pleased for those Scottish food and drink producers, who I absolutely agree will have great opportunities. They are very exciting new…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI thank my hon. Friend for his enthusiasm and for highlighting again just how important this deal is. This is the first deal that we have negotiated from scratch as an independent…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementIn this free trade agreement, the UK and Australia have committed to combat illegal logging and related trades, which, as the hon. Lady pointed out, is critical to the…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementMy right hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. He highlights the fact that we should be reassured that our farmers have fantastic products that we will all, as UK…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his support and enthusiasm for this important deal with one of our closest allies and partners. Indeed, the AUKUS relationship is now…05 Jan 2022HANSARDUK-Singapore Digital economy AgreementFollowing intensive negotiations on the UK Singapore digital agreement launched in June this year, I am pleased to report that we have now reached agreement in principle on what…09 Dec 2021HANSARDExport Control RegimeHM Government are committed to a robust and transparent export control regime for military, dual-use and other sensitive goods and technologies. The purpose of these controls is…08 Dec 2021HANSARDUK Export Finance: UkraineThe UK enjoys a strong relationship with Ukraine and is committed to supporting its security and economic prosperity. UK Export Finance (UKEF) has recently committed most of its…08 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman will be as pleased as I am to see that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Treasury were able to find a way to make sure…02 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsUK leadership through COP26 has been world respected and renowned. The Department for International Trade is now able to continue the extraordinary leadership shown by my right…02 Dec 2021