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HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyMy hon. Friend—it is good to have so many Stoke MPs here, from our Benches, asking questions—is quite right. The CPTPP represents a fantastic future for this country, and I hope…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyMy hon. Friend is quite right: it takes two to tango, and that is as true for international trade agreements. If the partner does not want to negotiate, of course we will speak…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyI have an excellent relationship with the Welsh Government: first with Baroness Morgan and more recently with Jeremy Miles. The hon. Member is quite right that international trade…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyI thank my hon. Friend and he is absolutely right. We have talked very much about the trade policy aspects of this Department. We are engaging very strongly with the US, for…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyI remind the hon. Member that the deals that we have rolled over represent around three quarters of the programme. We have updated businesses, as we have updated this House, after…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyMy hon. Friend is quite right. Both the Secretary of State and I have enjoyed meeting businesses in his constituency—particularly those in ceramics—and right the way across the…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyI think the hon. Member’s phrase was “abject ministerial failure”. We are working hard to roll over all these agreements. I just remind him that these are all agreements that were…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyIn under two years, the UK Government have signed or agreed in principle trade agreements with 52 countries that account for £142 billion of UK bilateral trade. That accounts for…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyThe Vienna convention has been around for a long time, and I mentioned that many agreements were provisionally applied by the European Union. I specifically mentioned the…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyIt is genuinely a pleasure to answer this question. Let me try to take in turn the different points made by the right hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Emily…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyI thank the hon. Gentleman for the rather more thoughtful questions than those of the official Opposition. Of course, to be fair to him, he voted against CRaG. In fact, he, I and…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyI am delighted with the confidence that my hon. Friend has in the UK’s ability to carry out trade going forward. Under the Secretary of State’s leadership, and thanks to the whole…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyI can, and may I just say what a brilliant voice for Burnley my hon. Friend has been in this House over the last 11 months? I can confirm that we are working very hard indeed on…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyI thank my hon. Friend and parliamentary neighbour for that question. We will always take the time necessary to negotiate the right deals that work for all nations of the United…17 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Deals and the NHSIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) for opening this debate, as well as the more…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Deals and the NHSI am coming to a conclusion. The UK’s high standards of data protection will be maintained. The Government are clear that health and care data should only ever be used or shared…16 Nov 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: New ZealandI thank my hon. Friend for his words of praise for the previous Mayor of London, who did a much better job than the current incumbent. I recently met the New Zealand high…08 Oct 2020HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: New ZealandA free trade agreement with New Zealand is a priority for the UK Government. Trade negotiators from the UK and New Zealand held the first round of negotiations between 13 and 24…08 Oct 2020HANSARDDigital TradeOn the second point, nothing in any trade agreement would prevent us from legislating against online harms in this country. On the first point, the UK’s trade policy seeks to…08 Oct 2020HANSARDDigital TradeThe UK has published its US negotiation objectives, which outline our intention to include provisions that facilitate the free flow of data while ensuring that the UK’s high…08 Oct 2020