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HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI am certainly going to answer the question, which is about the opportunities from CPTPP: a free trade area of 510 million people and 11 countries across four continents, with…03 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome my right hon. Friend’s interest, and he rightly represents the key agricultural interests in his Hampshire constituency. CPTPP removes tariffs from 99.9% of British…03 Nov 2022HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipJoining the CPTPP free trade area is a flagship policy of global Britain and our independent trade policy. The CPTPP covers 11 countries across four continents, and the UK joining…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyI congratulate the Committee Chair on his report, which we will obviously respond to in due course, and I thank him for his warm words about the commitment by our new Secretary of…03 Nov 2022HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipIt is always good to engage with the Chair of the Select Committee, and in my year of absence at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy I have genuinely…03 Nov 2022HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipMy hon. Friend raises two very interesting points. The first is the importance of the CPTPP, which is absolutely one of the Department’s highest priorities. The second is the…03 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI first joined DIT six and a half years ago, and I cannot remember how many times I have had to say from this Dispatch Box that nothing in any free trade agreement alters or…03 Nov 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealI certainly join my right hon. Friend in wishing all his Harlow constituents a happy Diwali; it is a fantastic and particularly appropriate moment for that festival to come to…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealI think this Government have a fantastic record of promoting religious tolerance and religious diversity abroad. The current Chancellor, when he was Foreign Secretary in this…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealWe take an ongoing interest in the ability of our citizens to travel abroad and to access other countries. However, I stress again that a trade negotiation covers what is called…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealI have already talked about Kashmir and the Government’s commitment to finding a resolution of that issue, working peacefully and with the two Governments together. May I just…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealThe Prime Minister has been absolutely clear about the importance of our manifesto commitments. I remind my hon. Friend, as I reminded the whole House, that this deal is not about…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealI am delighted to have the opportunity to answer this urgent question and some of the points that the right hon. Gentleman raised. [Interruption.] I will answer all of them.…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealI will not set a deadline today for this ongoing negotiation. May I commend the hon. Gentleman for one thing—apart from his work on the Committee? I think it was the Democratic…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealFirst, let me say that it is good to be back at the Department for International Trade. India is, of course, an economic superpower, projected to be the world’s third largest…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealAs I said earlier, the UK Government have an exceptionally proud record of promoting human rights around the world. In my 12 years as a Minister and a Back Bencher, I have always…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealPretty much the first visit our new Secretary of State for International Trade made was to a distillery just a few weeks ago, showing our commitment to our brilliant UK food and…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealI thank the hon. Gentleman for that list of questions. As ever, the UK’s commitment to workers’ rights in our trade deals and negotiations and in all our international talks…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealMy hon. Friend is an experienced, dedicated and committed member of the International Trade Committee. He is right in what he says. I was in opposition myself some, gosh, 17 years…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealMy hon. Friend is right. We have a brilliant diaspora community in this country. I was delighted to celebrate Diwali—a little bit early—last week with the India Global Forum. That…26 Oct 2022