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HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaI know my hon. Friend believes in both beef and liberty, and I can assure him that that is exactly what this deal delivers. There are huge opportunities overseas for our beef…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaLet me be absolutely clear that we are not lowering our food import standards as a result of this deal. We are absolutely maintaining that, so no hormone-injected beef will be…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaThis is our first from-scratch negotiated trade deal, and I think we have shown here what we want to do as the United Kingdom. We have gone further than the US or Japan did with…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaI am very clear that this deal does not set a precedent for other agreements. The reason that we have agreed to this liberalisation is that Australia is liberalising all of its…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaThis deal is great for UK cheese companies. There is currently an 11% tariff on products such as Snowdonia cheese, which will be removed as part of this deal. I would be delighted…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaI disagree with the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation of ISDS. The fact is that those clauses are in trade agreements, and we already have more than 60 ISDS clauses in various…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaWe are expecting trade with those 11 countries to grow by 65% by 2030. The deal is a huge opportunity for the United Kingdom. The country has very high standards in areas such as…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaI am pleased to say that this deal is the first that Australia has signed that has specific references to our achieving our climate change objectives. We are working very closely…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaI thank my right hon. Friend. There are huge opportunities for British products overseas. There is a growing global market for these products. The vast majority of Australian beef…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaIt is interesting that the Chairman of the Select Committee accuses me of haste. It is true that the EU is in the fourth year of its negotiations with Australia, just as it takes…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: Teesside is absolutely set to benefit from this deal. There will be a removal of tariffs on products such as steel and chemicals—no British…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaI was hoping that the SNP spokesman would welcome today’s announcement about the Airbus-Boeing dispute and the fact that we have continued to suspend the tariffs on Scotch whisky…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaI can tell my right hon. Friend that we have already put out expressions of interest for serving on the Trade and Agriculture Commission. That will be in place before we need to…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaWell, it is not a surprise that the right hon. Lady is relentlessly negative about the opportunities of the Australia deal and the trans-Pacific partnership. I am surprised that…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaI wish to make a statement on the new UK-Australia free trade agreement secured by our Prime Ministers this Tuesday. We have agreed a truly historic deal, which is the first…17 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I have met the Foyle Food Group, for example, who were the first beef exporters to export to the United States when we got the ban…10 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza last month. We are committed to a durable ceasefire. As the Under-Secretary of State for International Trade, my…10 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UK has one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. We rigorously examine every application on a case-by-case basis, and the criteria are clearly laid out…10 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome my hon. Friend’s enthusiasm for a deal with Australia. There is also the fact that it will lead to entry to the CPTPP—a vast Pacific market of huge benefit to the…10 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UK is committed to making our regime the safest place in the world to be online. In trade negotiations, we will protect our online safety regime, while also promoting our…10 Jun 2021