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HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I will, but I suspect I am coming to the hon. Gentleman’s point.18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)If I am given some leniency near the end, there might be an opportunity to intervene then, if there is a particular element that I have not picked up on, because there are about…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)Any misunderstanding, I am sure, was accidental. The hon. Lady did actually invite me. I understand how comments can be misinterpreted, and we need to be very careful.…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I welcome the probing amendments tabled by the official Opposition and the amendment tabled by the Scottish National—or nationalist—party. Forgive me, but I forget which word it…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I haven’t said anything yet. This morning was incredibly jolly. I am sure that Mr Pritchard will be devastated that he cannot be here, but I will send him a copy of Hansard so…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)There were no telepathic Ministers available, so the hon. Gentleman is stuck—18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)He clearly does, but that is not for this Bill. On scrutiny, Members drew comparison with the EU and the US. I gently point out that those are very different democratic bodies.…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)On a point of order, Mr Twigg. I thank the Clerks for their advice, the Doorkeepers for keeping good order, my super-excellent team of officials, and my private office, who are…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)This is not an adverse change. It is just the start of an agreement and not everything can be done on day one. I have further good news for the Scottish National party. It is…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I agree that the GPA should be dynamic. In terms of what Ministers are doing, I can speak for myself: at G20, I met Dr Bright Okogu, Professor Ngozi’s right-hand man in the WTO,…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I would like to make it clear that this is not a new plan for transparency. I am being credited, to a degree, with what is just the old order and transparency— [ Interruption. ]18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)Yes. I have just two or three points. On the argument of the hon. Member for Llanelli, who challenged me outside the Committee Room to go further and be bolder, absolutely the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I hope to be able to provide that assurance. This part of the Bill is there not at the request of Ministers, but at the request of lawyers, to give legal certainty and…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)If the hon. Gentleman wants to bring forward a devolution Bill and completely revolutionise how our nations are run—18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his constructive criticism. In the 25 meetings between the chief negotiator and the devolved Administrations, what, specifically, did the DAs raise…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I will certainly do so. Turning to the question of whether the powers fall away, as ever it is slightly more complicated than yes or no. The powers in clause 1(b) for dealing with…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)There are no changes to geographical indicators in the Bill, but that is not to say we could not do something differently in future. I know there are issues with different…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I have absolutely no idea. As the hon. Gentleman said early on, procurement is a very small section of these matters. Most, if not all, of these meetings were probably open, so I…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)I have made the point that we want to establish a good relationship with the International Trade Committee, and the Secretary of State giving evidence to it is clearly part of…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)During long interventions, sometimes Ministers jokingly ask to intervene, but I had been sitting down for so long that I genuinely thought I was listening to a speech. Relations…18 Oct 2022