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HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementI am afraid I have too many hon. Members to respond to. My hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins) has a keen interest, of course, in all matters relating…25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementMy hon. Friend is quite right. He is our trade envoy to the ASEAN region and to a couple of countries there. I was addressing our DIT internal teams in the Asia-Pacific region…25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementThis has been an excellent debate, with speeches from 13 Government Back Benchers and six Opposition Members. It is an historic moment, as the Secretary of State outlined. The…25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreementindicated dissent.25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementI give way to hon. Friend, who was not able to get into the debate.25 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. In fact, I am meeting representatives of the overseas territories to discuss this very subject next week. You in particular, Mr Speaker,…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Deals: Human Rights ProvisionsMay I remind the hon. Lady that, as the Secretary of State said earlier in response to a question from the right hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry),…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe follow RCEP quite closely, but we are looking forward to making our application to join the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership, or TPP-11,…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Deals: Human Rights ProvisionsThis Government have a strong history of promoting our values globally, including human rights. While our approach to agreements will vary between partners, our strong economic…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsThe Government are firmly committed to our manifesto pledges to uphold our high environmental, food safety, and animal welfare standards. Under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Placing the Trade and Agriculture Commission on a statutory footing will ensure that public and industry interests are advanced and protected…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. He is a reliable supporter of farmers in his constituency. The agri-food trade advisory group will feed in during the negotiations. He…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsWe plan to table that amendment to the Trade Bill on Report in the House of Lords. The scheduling of business is obviously a matter for business managers, but we intend the Bill…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsI know from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State how important farming is in Norfolk, in both her constituency and that of my hon. Friend. Farming has a strong voice on the…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsMy hon. Friend is a strong and passionate voice for Ynys Môn farmers, and the feedback has been extremely positive. Putting the Trade and Agriculture Commission on a statutory…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and—crucially—we would never want UK agriculture to be sidelined from our trade agenda. We need and have UK agriculture fully on board, to take…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsI look forward to tasting some of this Meon Valley wine, although I have to say that 9.39 in the morning might feel a little early. Our commitment to promoting British wines is…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsI studied very carefully the hon. Gentleman’s amendment during the passage of the Trade Bill. In many ways, he had an even more extreme amendment than the Labour party in terms of…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question. He mentions the Which? survey. I was delighted to be the guest speaker at the launch of the survey, “The National Trade…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsThe Secretary of State and I have told the hon. Gentleman time and again at the Dispatch Box that nothing in any trade agreement prevents this country from carrying out its own…19 Nov 2020