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HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsThe hon. Lady is incorrect, and I must ask her to take a bit more of a serious tone in the questions that she brings to the House. This is really serious stuff. I have met my…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK-US TradeThe planned statement will be delivered orally today by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. [HCWS575]03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsThose are very wise words, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for putting them on the record. Defence spending is crucial for our national security. The big change and uplift…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question, and he is right to note some conspicuous absences from the Chamber on such an important subject. I could not make it clearer: I care…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsThe creative industries are not just a wonderful cultural asset to the UK but a tremendous economic asset as well. I do not necessarily agree with the commentary in parts of the…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments. He knows that I always have time for him to discuss the particularly challenging constituency issues that he faces through…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. Let me be clear again: no one is celebrating the position that the country found itself in this morning. We recognise the…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI thank the hon. Member for his words on the automotive sector. On the ZEV mandate that he references, it was a policy of the previous Government to be clear. We inherited that…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right in his assessment of the burdens and benefits of solving the challenge we have been faced with by the announcements yesterday evening. He will…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsThe right hon. Gentleman knows that I do not comment on the detail of talks, but I can tell him that there have been no discussions in relation to the NHS or anything that would…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I have constituency interests that are similar to his, and the close alignment between ourselves and the US on defence and security…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsThe right hon. Gentleman knows the value that we place as a Department on the incredible product that is Scotch whisky. We have a particular set of policy initiatives on…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsMy hon. Friend is right to highlight that. I am tremendously proud of our automotive sector. Indeed, he may know that I come from and grew up in one of our automotive sector…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for how he has put that. I think he is right on where the burdens of policy fall in that area. It is not in anyone’s interest. No one…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsWe have talked about not reliving the arguments of Brexit; my hon. Friend has brought up the corn laws—it is about time we had that one again. He will know that if we go back to…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsWe always reflect on the decisions we have made as the UK Government. I say to the hon. Member again—we have probably had this exchange a few times—that I am always willing to…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising one of the most important issues we face: the impact of trade diversion—not just the relationship between the US and the UK, but what…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsFundamentally, I want to see greater market access to the US for small and medium-sized businesses in every part of the UK. We can tackle particular things as part of that, such…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI agree: this is one of the principal issues that we have to address. Whether it is on farming, textiles or whisky, what is going on in the rest of the world and other countries’…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsThat is the right approach to take. I welcome my hon. Friend’s support and that of the businesses in her constituency that she mentioned. Of course we are trying to find a way…03 Apr 2025