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HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)The TUC is the global organisation for unions—18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)Almost nice. All I would say to the Minister is that I would have known the question was coming.18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)Evidence was given—18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)If the Minister cannot elaborate on this now, will he commit to write to the Committee with a more detailed respond to Professor Sanchez-Graells’s analysis? He had substantial…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I am grateful to you, Mr Twigg, for allowing me briefly to respond. I am grateful for the Minister’s willingness to write to the Committee with a more detailed response to the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 9, in schedule 2, page 9, line 5, leave out from “section 1” to end of line 6 and insert— “may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)It was a Conservative Government.18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)I rise to support amendments 5, 7, 20 and 22, which were tabled in my name and which my hon. Friend the Member for Llanelli spoke to. In so doing, I want to indicate, as I hope my…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)My hon. Friend is making a very good point about climate. Is that not one of the differences between the New Zealand FTA and the Australian FTA? Negotiating with a conservative…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)I apologise to my hon. Friend for missing his opening remarks. However, as he was reflecting on the weaknesses of the CRaG process, does he not think that perhaps part of the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)My hon. Friend makes a very good point in suggesting that the Minister look to his own backyard in the troubled times that he and his party are in at the moment. In the context of…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you, Mr Twigg, for the opportunity to resume my speech in this debate that was opened by the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts. I will speak in particular to amendments 5,…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I absolutely concede that point—that is possible, without a doubt—but I gently suggest to the Minister that there are real concerns that, unless there is proper consultation, the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Yes, in respect of the Bill. John Cooke: One has to remember about the agreements with Australia and New Zealand that, as far as services are concerned—that is my particular area,…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Second sitting)Q One of the issues that we hope to explore in Committee is the extent to which the commitments that have been made under the free trade agreement, in particular those under the…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Q One of the former Ministers at the Department for International Trade suggested that the Department was not doing enough to help SMEs to export. Do you share that judgment or is…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Twigg. Mr Southworth, we are obviously interested in the extent to which the Government are going to provide support to businesses to export to Australia and New…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Q Absolutely—thank you, Mr Twigg. One of our later witnesses is a gentleman called Professor Sanchez-Graells, who gave evidence to the International Trade Committee on some of the…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Cooke, for being willing to give evidence to us, and congratulations on being one of the great survivors of the trade policy world, at least in the UK. Do you…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Q The legislation that we are debating is likely to be superseded by both the Procurement Bill, if it comes into force, and by the CPTPP. Beyond acting as a stepping stone to the…12 Oct 2022