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HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipMy hon. Friend makes a good point that Ministers should remember a little more actively. The Government are joining the agreement with no ambition to improve its deficiencies, no…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipThe hon. Gentleman is an expert at it, and I will of course give way.24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI hear what the hon. Gentleman says, but it is palpable nonsense. We can have whatever standards we want in our own country, but if we are allowing those standards to be…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipThe points that the hon. Gentleman is making are very important, and Government Members ought to listen to them carefully. Quite a lot has been made of the statistic of a 65%…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI am about to finish so I will not give way again. I was talking about the importance of negotiating a deal where there would be specific demands and where there would be…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipMy hon. Friend is quite right. I recommend that the Secretary of State read the speeches of many Members in that last debate. I have to say that it reminds me of reading, in…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI am sorry to interrupt the hon. Gentleman, who is making a very interesting speech. Can I just ask him to look again at page 65 of the document? He cited the figure as 0.08%, but…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipNo. Let us move on to New Zealand and Canada. Having seen what has happened with Australia, they will surely demand the same deal for their farmers as the price of support for UK…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI thank the Secretary of State for holding this debate. I do, however, feel obliged to point out that she has brought us here today to discuss Britain’s accession to an agreement…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipThe Minister says, “Oh! Oh!” Does he know what mulesing is? I suggest that he finds out, then looks us in the eye and tells us whether there are cruel practices in Australia. No…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipThat is absolutely right. I saw an article in The Daily Telegraph this week by Jeremy Warner, which said, “It is vitally important that FTAs are pursued in a transparent and…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI will of course get to that in the later part of my speech and I hope that the hon. Gentleman listens carefully.24 Jun 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryWill the Minister give way?21 Jun 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryWill the Minister give way?21 Jun 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryThe hon. Gentleman is quite right, and I will be developing that point in a few minutes.21 Jun 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryWill the Minister give way?21 Jun 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryI would rather that we had a body that looked after the hon. Gentleman’s constituents and defended the steel industry. Even so, let us not forget a fundamental flaw at the heart…21 Jun 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman. Is he in favour of these recommendations? Does he think they are a good idea or not?21 Jun 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryI will take one more intervention, especially from the hon. Gentleman whose constituents will want to know what he has to say this evening.21 Jun 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryI beg to move, That this House believes the British steel industry, and the livelihoods and communities it supports, should not be undermined by unfair competition from overseas;…21 Jun 2021