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HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsOur trade agreement with Australia is very likely to be the first from-scratch deal that we have struck outside the European Union. It is a major milestone for global Britain and…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsI thank the right hon. Lady again for tabling this question. Let me answer each and every one of her questions. First, she said that this had been rushed through. I was at the…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsI thank the hon. Lady for that question, and there is a cast-iron guarantee that our standards will not be compromised on. She is an SNP Member, so may I say to her that it would…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion for his constituents in general and his farmers in particular. There are great opportunities worldwide for the Welsh lamb sector. For example,…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsIt is always good to hear from the hon. Gentleman. I noticed in his series of questions that there was, for example, no mention of the £113 million-worth of Scotch whisky sold…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsI know how important my hon. Friend’s agriculture sector is in Buckingham, and I can say that the deal we are trying to secure will be very beneficial to exporters of whisky,…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsWe are the COP26 chair this year, and we look forward to full Australian participation. The Australian Government are absolutely committed to combating climate change. There may…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Hormone beef will remain illegal, because we will not be changing our import standards. I do not believe that this deal represents a…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsI am well aware that Australia and New Zealand are different countries. As the parliamentary president of Conservative Friends of Australia, I am pretty familiar with our two…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As we have said repeatedly, there will be no compromise on our own standards. I agree that Australia ranks very well overall. Obviously its…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsI am slightly surprised by the hon. Lady’s question, and again I repeat the fact that the SNP has never supported any trade deal so I am slightly doubtful that whatever…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. In any trade deal, we have to look across the whole piece. His question is just about agriculture, but we should look at the other…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question. He is right that the EU will remain a large and important trading partner for us, particularly in agriculture. On his question about…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsI thank the hon. Lady for that question. In fact, I have met the Ulster Farmers Union twice in the past week to discuss these issues in particular. I met Diane Dodds, the Northern…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right on the CPTPP. He is also right to focus on consumers, who are a vital part of our trade agenda. Under the CPTPP, 95% of tariffs between members…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsAgain, we have done extensive outreach in Wales in recent times. I have met twice with both NFU Cymru and the Farmers’ Union of Wales. I also met with the Welsh Minister Vaughan…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsMy hon. Friend is right: 10,000 cars go from Sunderland alone each year to Australia. That is a big volume of cars and a big amount of receipts as well. Cars make up just under 8%…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsWell, let me say a few things about that. We have to understand the existing trade flows in beef and lamb from Australia. We have to understand the beef prices. Production costs…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsI can absolutely confirm that hormone beef will not be allowed into this country, and there will be no compromise, according to the manifesto that my hon. Friend and I stood on in…27 May 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have relatives right the way across Australia. My aunt emigrated there—I cannot remember what they were called. Was it the ten bob poms?27 May 2021