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HANSARDFree Trade Agreement Negotiations: Food and FarmingAny product that is sold in the UK has to be subject to the rules of the UK. Those standards are set by Food Standards Scotland and the Food Standards Agency in England and Wales,…03 Sept 2020HANSARDTariffs on UK ExportsWe have been pushing hard to remove tariffs in all our trade agreements in order to benefit UK consumers and business, whether the 28% tariff on dinner plates to the US, Japanese…03 Sept 2020HANSARDTariffs on UK ExportsI congratulate my hon. Friend on his championing of this fantastic ice cream van business. Such vans are indeed a great export and currently face tariffs of up to 5% with some of…03 Sept 2020HANSARDTariffs on UK ExportsLast week, I visited a number of manufacturing businesses in the north-east, which is a manufacturing powerhouse. My hon. Friend is a huge champion of the industry in his area in…03 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are making good progress on negotiations with the US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and on accession to the CPTPP. We are also intensifying our negotiations with Australia.…03 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are working closely with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the issue of body image and its impact on young people. I would be happy to organise a…22 Jul 2020HANSARDSocio-economic Inequality: Equality HubThe Prime Minister has set out his vision to level up and spread opportunity across the country, and the Equality Hub will play an important part in realising that vision by…22 Jul 2020HANSARDSocio-economic Inequality: Equality HubMy hon. Friend makes a good point. We want everybody across the country to benefit from our levelling-up agenda of investing more in transport infrastructure and dealing with…22 Jul 2020HANSARDSocio-economic Inequality: Equality HubWe want to make sure that no part of our country feels forgotten about, particularly towns and cities in the north and the midlands, such as my hon. Friend’s constituency. I can…22 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have been clear that the Government are committed to tackling the abhorrent practice of so-called gay conversion therapy in the UK. As the Prime Minister reiterated earlier this…22 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe key priority during the coronavirus crisis is to make sure that we keep women in jobs, and that has been our No. 1 focus as a Government. Of course, it is vital that we…22 Jul 2020HANSARDTransgender People: DiscriminationWe are committed to tackling discrimination against transgender people. We have invested £4 million for schools to tackle anti-LGBT bullying, and we have addressed homophobic hate…22 Jul 2020HANSARDTransgender People: DiscriminationAs the Prime Minister said, we will respond to the consultation over the summer. Let me be absolutely clear: we will not be rolling back the rights of transgender people. It is…22 Jul 2020HANSARDTransgender People: DiscriminationAs I said, we will respond to the consultation over the summer—the Prime Minister committed to that earlier this week—and I assure the hon. Lady that I am very keen to get on with…22 Jul 2020HANSARDFuture Trading Relationship with Australia: Update on NegotiationsTrade negotiators from the UK and Australia held the first round of negotiations for a UK-Australia free trade agreement (FTA) between 29 June and 10 July 2020. We are now one…14 Jul 2020HANSARDExport Licences: Saudi ArabiaI want to update the House on the steps that have been taken to comply with the judgment of the Court of Appeal of 20 June 2019 regarding licences for military exports to Saudi…07 Jul 2020HANSARDNegotiations on the UK's Future Relationship with the US: UpdateThe second UK-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiating round took place from 15-26 June 2020. Talks continued to be positive and constructive, with progress being made towards a…30 Jun 2020HANSARDInternational Trade…The foundations for both deals are strong. We already have close ties in areas such as cars, steel, services, and food and drink, and 31,000 small businesses export to Australia.…24 Jun 2020HANSARDInternational Trade…The foundations for both deals are strong. We already have close ties in areas such as cars, steel, services, and food and drink, and 13,400 small businesses export to Australia.24 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I have said, we are absolutely committed to maintaining our high animal welfare standards and our high import standards and also to making sure that our farmers do not face…18 Jun 2020