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HANSARDUK-Canada Free Trade AgreementI spoke to my Canadian counterpart Mary Ng last week, and we talked about progressing our bilateral trade and working together to promote free trade across the world.18 Jun 2020HANSARDUK-Canada Free Trade AgreementI know that my hon. Friend is committed to Canada, having served as trade envoy and done a fantastic job. As part of our ambitious free trade agreement programme, we announced…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Environmental Protection StandardsFirst, we have the independent Food Standards Agency, which is committed to high food standards. All the food standards that are currently with us through EU law are put into UK…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Environmental Protection StandardsScottish beef and lamb is a very high-quality product and highly competitive. When the beef ban is ended with the US, we will have the opportunity to get British beef into the US…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Environmental Protection StandardsThe reason they were not part of the Agriculture Bill is that the import standards that we already have and which already ensure that we import only high-quality products into…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Environmental Protection StandardsFirst of all, I am extremely happy to appear in front of the hon. Gentleman’s Committee, and I will ask my office to immediately set that up in the diary. I am very keen to…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Environmental Protection StandardsWe have a huge opportunity to achieve our environmental objectives in many of the free trade agreements we are negotiating. For example, with New Zealand, which is a leader in…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: UK Farming ExportsWe are determined to remove barriers so that more of our fantastic British produce can be sold internationally. We have now become a net dairy exporter for the first time in…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: UK Farming ExportsIt is very important to note that we are not going to be lowering our food standards in any of our trade negotiations. British food standards—or certainly those in England and…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: US and JapanWe have launched negotiations with both the US and Japan. We want to secure ambitious trade deals that benefit every part of the United Kingdom. Scotland is expected to be a…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: US and JapanI would point out that Scotland has its own food standards agency, which is responsible for upholding food standards in Scotland. I would also point out that the standards already…18 Jun 2020HANSARDUK-US Free Trade AgreementWe have just commenced round 2 of trade negotiations with the United States. Talks so far have been positive and constructive, but I am absolutely clear that we will only sign up…18 Jun 2020HANSARDUK-US Free Trade AgreementLet me be absolutely clear that we have not set a timetable for completion of the negotiations with the United States, because we are concentrating on getting a good deal rather…18 Jun 2020HANSARDUK-US Free Trade AgreementI could not have been more clear: these food standards are already in British law as part of the EU withdrawal agreement, and we are not negotiating those as part of our…18 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have launched trade negotiations with four of our closest partners: the US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand—close allies with shared values, believing in democracy and free…18 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, we are doing a lot of work on our supply chains, looking at vulnerabilities and resilience and making sure we have more transparency in supply chains. That work is being…18 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the right hon. Lady knows from the written ministerial statement I made earlier this year, we have been reviewing our processes and making sure all the work we do is compliant…18 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course we are all extremely concerned about what has happened in the US—in particular, the killing of George Floyd. We are very, very concerned about that. However, we have one…18 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her commitment to this important cause. I am convening a meeting of Commonwealth Trade Ministers, due to take place this autumn, and the issue of female…18 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am working very hard to get rid of the small ruminant rule in the United States, which prevents the export of our fantastic Welsh lamb to the market— [ Interruption. ] I hear…18 Jun 2020