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HANSARDTrade and Investment in WalesLast month, I announced our new trade and investment hub in Wales, which will support almost 200,000 exporters and channel investment into Wales. It will play a crucial role in…15 Apr 2021HANSARDTrade and Investment in WalesThe trade and investment hub will provide support to business across Wales. There are already 2,000 people in Aberconwy working in export-intensive industries. The trade hub will…15 Apr 2021HANSARDTrade and Investment in WalesThe analysis that we produced as part of “Global Britain, local jobs” is the first time that we have produced data at a constituency level for export industries, and it always…15 Apr 2021HANSARDTrade and Investment in WalesWe are establishing a trade and investment hub in Cardiff this year that will employ up to 100 people precisely to bring more investment into Wales, more jobs into Wales, and more…15 Apr 2021HANSARDTrade Policies: FarmersWe want to sell more British food around the world and help farmers make the most of our trade deals with 66 nations, plus the EU. We launched the Open Doors campaign, which will…15 Apr 2021HANSARDTrade Policies: FarmersWelsh farmers export £144 million of lamb and beef around the world, and the recent opening of the US market to beef and the Japanese market to lamb will boost the figures…15 Apr 2021HANSARDTrade Policies: FarmersI completely agree with the right hon. Lady that Tim Smith and the team produced a fantastic report laying out the future for British agricultural trade, and I am also delighted…15 Apr 2021HANSARDTrade Policies: FarmersPart of the Trade Bill was the establishment of the statutory Trade and Agriculture Commission. For every free trade agreement, it will produce a report on precisely the issues…15 Apr 2021HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipThe CPTPP is a very high-standards agreement, and the rules will have huge benefits for the UK. The reality is that UK products such as beef and lamb have been locked out of…15 Apr 2021HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI thank the right hon. Lady for her question—she clearly comes from a profession where she was paid by the number of questions she asked. I will be delighted to answer all those…15 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have a huge opportunity, as we recover from covid-19, for women across the world to build back better. That is why I am convening a group of leaders in the G7 gender equality…24 Mar 2021HANSARDUK’s G7 Presidency: Role of WomenAs part of the G7, we will be hosting the gender equality advisory council. Led by Sarah Sands, it will help women build back better across the world, including on ending violence…24 Mar 2021HANSARDUK’s G7 Presidency: Role of WomenMy hon. Friend is right: flexible working should be the standard offer from employers. Recent Government Equalities Office research shows that there are 30% more applicants where…24 Mar 2021HANSARDConversion TherapyI am committed to banning conversion therapy. It is an abhorrent practice and I will shortly be bringing forward plans to do just that.24 Mar 2021HANSARDConversion TherapyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have been working to make sure that the measures that we put in place are enforceable and fully researched. I am confident that we will be…24 Mar 2021HANSARDConversion TherapyI completely agree with my hon. Friend that practices that harm or try to convert somebody into being something they are not, are not just wrong but completely inappropriate and…24 Mar 2021HANSARDConversion TherapyI agree with the hon. Lady that we need to get on with doing this. I can assure her that since I got this job a year ago I have been working to make sure that the ban we put in…24 Mar 2021HANSARDConversion TherapyI am very clear that these practices are utterly abhorrent. I would point out that I have been in this job for a year and I have been working to make sure that the ban we put in…24 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was delighted to announce yesterday that we will be bringing a trade and investment hub to Darlington. We are also looking at moving the headquarters of our Equalities Office to…24 Mar 2021HANSARDFuture Trading Relationship with AustraliaThe fourth round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Australia took place between Monday 22 February and Friday 5 March. During the two weeks, negotiators held 51…15 Mar 2021