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HANSARDSwitzerland Enhanced Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Round 10The 10th round of negotiations on an enhanced free trade agreement with Switzerland took place in Geneva between 9 and 13 March 2026. The round followed the Secretary of State for…24 Mar 2026HANSARDTrade Envoy Programme: AppointmentThe Secretary of State has today made the following appointment to the United Kingdom’s trade envoy programme. The United Kingdom’s trade envoys are important to this Government’s…23 Mar 2026HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: TurkeyThe fourth round of negotiations on an enhanced free trade agreement with Turkey took place in London during the week commencing 23 February 2026. Negotiations were productive,…18 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to meet the hon. Member if she wants to take me through some of the specific issues in her constituency; I have done that for several hon. Members, and we had a…12 Mar 2026HANSARDStart-ups and Scale-ups: Access to New MarketsOf course, I am happy to meet the industry body and listen to its concerns, as we do all the time. However, I just want to make the point that at the moment the DBT is…12 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for standing up for the business in her constituency, and she is absolutely right. The Trade Remedies Authority is investigating, as she knows, and I urge…12 Mar 2026HANSARDScottish Industry: International PromotionPromoting Scottish industry overseas is one of our prime objectives. Whether it is opening up new markets such as India for Scotch whisky, securing new beef opportunities in the…12 Mar 2026HANSARDStart-ups and Scale-ups: Access to New MarketsThe right hon. Gentleman makes a really good point. I noticed that he was commending the Government for securing the free trade agreement with India, which previous Governments…12 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I commend him for supporting his constituents. Equally importantly, there are many Scottish products in respect of which we need to ensure…12 Mar 2026HANSARDStart-ups and Scale-ups: Access to New MarketsWe are trying very much to focus on the key sectors where we know we can really deliver, which is precisely what bringing together the trade strategy, the small business strategy…12 Mar 2026HANSARDScottish Industry: International PromotionI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work he has done to make sure that the UK Government have delivered in his constituency. I am glad that he has raised the Lanarkshire AI…12 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes.12 Mar 2026HANSARDStart-ups and Scale-ups: Access to New MarketsWe want to build new opportunities for start-ups and scale-ups to export around the world. That is why we are providing tailored market advice, free training through our business…12 Mar 2026HANSARDStart-ups and Scale-ups: Access to New MarketsMy hon. Friend makes a really good point by raising th4e example of London Fashion Week. She is quite right that lots of businesses in Northamptonshire are working in this field.…12 Mar 2026HANSARDScottish Industry: International PromotionIt is like an open goal, isn’t it, Mr Speaker? Sorry—you do not have a view. I believe that we achieve far more by our common endeavour than by going it alone. That is why I am a…12 Mar 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI completely agree that there is a cultural issue that needs to be looked at. I am certainly not able to commit the Government today to a public inquiry—I think all Members accept…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorAll the Lib Dems are now trying to intervene on me, and I am trying to make a very short speech. It was meant to be five minutes, and it is now already nine minutes, so I am…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorYes, I myself made all those arguments about phone hacking in 2011. A chunk of us had to persuade our own political party to be brave on the matter at a time when that was not…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorWell, yes, and I also think that the truth of the matter is that we probably need more Paul Flynns. I have always been a bit sceptical about independent MPs, but I have always…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI will continue for a moment, if the hon. Members do not mind. We do enjoy freedom of speech in this House, and it is precious. As hon. Members will know, article 8 of the Bill of…24 Feb 2026