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HANSARDTrade NegotiationsI try to be as honest and straightforward as I possibly can. I refer to the numbers that we talked about when we talked about modelling the numbers. There are a lot of what ifs…13 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsOn the environmental aspect, this is India’s first ever chapter on the environment within a free trade agreement and it goes further into this area than it has ever gone before.…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeI agree with my noble friend that our trading relationship with the EU is incredibly important. I do not believe in the premise of false dichotomies or that we are picking between…12 May 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeThe noble Lord is right that there is still a lot of work to be done. But having spent time with the many very capable and hard-working officials who have been part of this deal,…12 May 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeMy Lords, on Thursday 8 May we were delighted to announce the agreement of a landmark economic deal between the United Kingdom and the United States, making the UK the first…12 May 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeTo clarify, a lot of key sectors are covered in this framework, and this framework is a final decision on how those key sectors will be treated when it comes to trading between…12 May 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeWhat we see in this relationship with the US is an opportunity to think about the opportunity it presents to all our British industries and how we can open that up to best effect.…12 May 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeI will offer up that I agree that that would be a matter of opinion.12 May 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeI would be very delicate about suggesting such a thing, but one of the things that we do really well within this nation is that, whichever side of the House we are sitting on, we…12 May 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeI thank the noble Baroness for her question. It is an important point that we have been able to open up such trading opportunities while protecting our incredibly powerful and…12 May 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeWe are operating in incredibly fast-moving times. This agreement lays down those anchor points and principles to allow our great industries to be able to continue to trade, but…12 May 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeFor the remaining areas of trade that are not covered by this agreement, where there still are reciprocal tariffs, there is a number of industries that we identify as key and…12 May 2025HANSARDBritish SteelI would be more than happy to follow up specifically in that regard.24 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelI confirm exactly that: energy is going to be such an important growth driver across all our sectors, and a key one that we are talking about today is the steel strategy. For us…24 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelI am more than happy to follow up specifically on that matter with you separately.24 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelThe noble Baroness is right. Today’s world feels like it is changing from a Monday to a Tuesday. We must not forget that in all of this, we should have that north star—what are…24 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelI thank the noble Lord very much and I am proud that I have a spring in my step. I am just back from a bank holiday weekend which I spent in a garden, and indeed it felt very…24 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelI think we have been clear about the best way forward: we would like this to be a commercially run business, with private investment and government acting in support. But we will…24 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelWith regards to the specifics of Scunthorpe, I am not yet in a position to be able to confirm how much that would be used domestically. Currently only 40% of the UK’s demand is…24 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelI can confirm that thinking about how we create that circular economy within the steel industry and how we think about scrap steel will absolutely be a key aspect of the steel…24 Apr 2025