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HANSARDTrade Bill (Fifth sitting)Just for the benefit of the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire who intervened, if he looks at the explanatory note to amendment 5, he will see that the amendment would apply…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Fifth sitting)My hon. Friend is right to highlight the challenge of ISDS. The debate about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which was dragged into the public domain when…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friends for their contributions, as ever. My hon. Friend the Member for Putney reminded us to value our food and its origins, and of the threat to farmers…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)A number of times, my hon. Friend has effectively reminded the Committee, in response to interventions from Government Members, that scrutiny will ensure that we do not have those…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)What is interesting about that intervention is that the hon. Member is right to say there are prosecutions above those thresholds, because it is illegal to cross them. However, US…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Gentleman needs to get used to the idea that when someone takes an intervention, they have to answer that intervention before they take another one. US producers are also…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Gentleman may want to withdraw that comment. I am not sure whether it was a bit close to the mark, but I know it has not gone over the mark; otherwise, you would have…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert— “(4A) Regulations may only be made under subsection (1) if— (a) the provisions of the international trade…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)Again, through secondary legislation the Bill enables the Government to do some of the things that we have described. More to the point, however, this issue is important because…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)I have finished.23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 12, in clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert— “(4A) Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision for the purpose of implementing an international…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)Those are just some of the horrors that UK consumers could be forced to accept if this country signs the kind of wide-ranging deal that Mike Pompeo and representative Lighthizer…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Putney: it is absolutely right that we set an example to the world by honouring our Paris commitments, and honouring them in primary…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Bill really should be the framework for what a progressive international trade policy framework should look like. There was an opportunity.…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert— “(4A) Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision for the purpose of implementing an international…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)We had an excellent contribution from my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington North, whose points about safeguards were well made. It is entirely common sense that we support the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)That is an incredibly important point. Given the Government’s previous apparent commitment to SDGs, one might have thought they would be open to such a suggestion. The EU conducts…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 10, in clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert— “(4A) Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision for the purpose of implementing an international…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)The party that has just abolished the Department for International Development is not in a good place to be criticising anybody for their approach to international development.…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)rose —23 Jun 2020