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HANSARDTrade BarriersIn successive Government positions, I have always noticed how diverse the businesses are in my hon. Friend’s Rugby constituency, right at the very industrial heartland of this…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade BarriersI am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has raised that. He has pointed out the fact that we have done trade deals with 71 countries plus the EU, and that that is about £800…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade BarriersMay I start by correcting the hon. Gentleman: it is actually Sir Robert Chote who is the chairman of the UK Statistics Authority? I do not resile from the fact that we have…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade BarriersI checked the record. On Japan, the SNP was against. On Singapore, it was against. On Canada, it was against. On South Africa, it was against. On Korea, it was against. On…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade BarriersI strongly believe in the actual and potential capabilities of Northern Ireland as a great exporting part of the UK. Northern Ireland absolutely plays a full part in our free…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade BarriersI thank the hon. Lady for her festive cheers and Christmas quiz. I am immensely proud, as I know the Secretary of State is, of our teams, right across the Department for…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Policy: Food PricesThe UK’s trade policy works to increase access to good quality, good value food from around the world. For example, our recent free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Policy: Food PricesI am always interested when the hon. Gentleman cites various reports, many of which I have of course read and studied closely, but I like to return to the facts. I checked…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade Policy: Food PricesI thank my hon. Friend for her question. She is right to raise, as I did just a moment ago, the importance of this issue to families up and down the country, including in…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt was me who signed the deal with South Carolina last Wednesday, and the hon. Lady can see the deal for herself on gov.uk. We have done deals with Indiana and North Carolina.…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted that my hon. Friend raised Morocco, because although they were defeated in the end, their performance was marvellous in the World cup last night. We have a new…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a tireless advocate of ties with the Commonwealth. We already have a trade envoy appointed to 15 Commonwealth nations. We have no plans to add a dedicated…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have now signed three of these deals. Last week, we brought Utah a bit closer and we have agreed to start negotiations with California. As a practical example, an offshore wind…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI join my right hon. Friend in commending you, Mr Speaker, for the commemoration earlier today. My right hon. Friend is quite right that I had a very good meeting with Olivier…15 Dec 2022HANSARDJapanIn 2021, the Conservative Government concluded the UK-Japan comprehensive economic partnership agreement—the first major trade deal that the UK struck as an independent trading…15 Dec 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsI am delighted to respond, because I have had extensive interaction with all the five nations’ NFUs during this process. We have delivered a deal that phases in the changes. The…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsI will give way in just a moment, but perhaps the hon. Gentleman will explain what his position might be and whether his party will ever support a single trade deal that has been…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsI disagree with that. I am just checking my records and I have had extensive interactions with representatives of NFU Cymru during the negotiation process. I met them on 19 May…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsI thank the International Trade Committee for its various reports on both deals, and I look forward to engaging with its Chair, the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Angus…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsI beg to move, That this House has considered the Australia and New Zealand Trade deals. The Australia and New Zealand free trade agreements are deals that will deliver for…14 Nov 2022