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HANSARD Trade BillI am not going to give way, because I am conscious of the fact that I have already been speaking for nine minutes and I have given way four times. Secondly, the amendment raises…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillI have to say that I disagree with my hon. Friend. I also think that the proposal made in the amendment tabled by the Chairman of the Justice Committee, my hon. Friend the Member…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillI am not going to take further interventions —there is only an hour for this debate. It is up to Committees how they report, but such a report could come about in response to…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillI will take perhaps a final intervention from my hon. Friend.09 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillI thank my right hon. Friend, but there is a crucial difference here. Yes, the Select Committee runs itself. It can make calls for evidence and produce a report, and we would…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillAt the moment, I am speaking about human rights—I am coming on to genocide in a moment—but I totally appreciate my right hon. Friend’s question. It would not be proper for me as a…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillNo, I do not agree. I think the previous Labour Government designed the CRaG process specifically with that in mind—that Parliament would have an effective veto on a trade…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillWe move ever closer to getting the Trade Bill on to the statute books. I recognise that we are very limited in our time for debate, so I will get straight into the details. I will…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1B.09 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillI was happy to take interventions earlier, but I will try now to respond to the points raised in the debate. First, I want to clear up the question about parliamentary procedure…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillI emphasise to the right hon. Gentleman, who I know is passionate about these issues, the importance attached by the Government to the underlying issue of allegations of genocide…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillNo. The Government have no plans to negotiate a trade agreement with China, but it does seem that the right hon. Lady might. I turn to my right hon. Friend the Member for…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillWith the leave of the House, I will respond to what has been a wide-ranging debate, covering many domestic and international matters. Let me first say that the Government…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillI am going to try to summarise all the points that have been made. The Lords amendment in front of us says: “International bilateral trade agreements are revoked”— it is not a…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillI thank my hon. Friend for that specific request. I think it is fair to say that this House enjoys significant expertise and experience on questions of human rights, which the…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillI am going to make a little bit more progress, with apologies to the right hon. Gentleman. He obviously has a special interest in this space, but I am conscious that time is…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillNo. The right hon. Lady will have plenty of opportunity to speak, and I can respond to her points in due course. The lack of evidence for the effectiveness of such action…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillI am very interested in this topic, but it is not for me as Minister for Trade Policy to make Government policy on which court would be involved, or where that court should be, or…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillObviously that is something the Government would have to look at. We would have to consult across Government, and there would also be, quite properly, a significant role for the…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillI will make a little more progress, if I may. It is for the Government, answerable to Parliament, to make trade policy, not the courts. In any event, the Government already have…19 Jan 2021