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HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandFirst of all, I am extremely grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for pointing out that, across this House, there should be unanimous agreement that trade agreements with the…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandMr Speaker, I would have been more than happy to make it a statement, and I was hoping to be able to do so. We have negotiated a quota of 100,000 vehicles where tariffs will be…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandAbsolutely. Whenever any trade agreement of any sort is agreed, there will obviously be domestic impacts if our trading partners have requested further access to the UK market.…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandI am grateful to the hon. and learned Member for bringing this urgent question and for putting his community’s concerns on the record; I understand how strongly he will feel about…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandThat was a fairly odd stream of consciousness, if I am being totally honest. It appears that I have given a stronger defence of the Windsor agreement negotiated by the former…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandMr Speaker, I am incredibly grateful for your forbearance. If it is okay, I will continue to these words, given how important I know the matter is to all Members of the House.12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question, and for his industrial expertise. I promise to have that meeting. Whenever trade arrangements have an impact on domestic…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandWe have discussed this issue across the Chamber on several occasions. We as a Government are not proposing any changes in how the UK and Parliament ratify treaties. I have never…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I am grateful to be able to give a statement today, following that given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandLast week was a good week all told, on footballing and trade matters. You may be noting, Mr Speaker, that my voice is a little hoarse as a result. We on the Government Benches…12 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recognise the shadow Secretary of State’s concern, but let me reassure him on that point. The options available to the Government were: first, the total collapse of British…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am always grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his questions. We always seek to keep colleagues in Northern Ireland well briefed on a range of issues, particularly some of the…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen we took office, years of Conservative neglect had left our steel industry on the brink, but while others were willing to let the heart of British industry go cold, we were…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe amount of working capital provided to British Steel to date stands at £94 million, which is considerably less than if we had given a large amount of money to Jingye, or if we…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the progress being made in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency—I thought he was about to invite me there, which is often the case at topical questions, but I sadly did not…01 May 2025HANSARDTrade AgreementsI announced in July that we were resuming free trade agreement negotiations with the Gulf Co-operation Council, India, Israel, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Türkiye. We…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe shadow Secretary of State points to the statement in which I said that in the previous budget there was a £2.5 billion allocation for the green steel fund. Of course, that…01 May 2025HANSARDTrade AgreementsI think that was a few questions, but we seem to have time for them today, so I welcome all of them. First of all, I recognise exactly what the hon. Lady says. When it comes to…01 May 2025HANSARDTrade AgreementsFirst, let me thank my hon. Friend for all her work as our trade envoy to New Zealand. She knows, because she was present, that on his visit to the UK, New Zealand Prime Minister…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am always keen to support my hon. Friend, and I will certainly consider that legislation. We are not a protectionist Government—we welcome open and free trade—but we believe…01 May 2025