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HANSARDTrade AgreementsI thank the hon. Lady for the earlier part of her comments. She is right that we wanted the previous Government to secure the India FTA, and we were willing to support them fully…01 May 2025HANSARDTrade AgreementsThe answer, as the hon. Gentleman knows, is no; we are not, in this Government, seeking to change the ratification process for any treaty. He knows the process and how it works.…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to finally get an invitation to somewhere. We understand that there are significant pressures for many businesses, and the global situation certainly will not…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe should always be careful about what we read in some newspapers. [ Laughter. ] The hon. Gentleman knows that we cannot give a running commentary on trade negotiations, but the…01 May 2025HANSARDUS Trade Negotiations: FarmingI regularly engage with my Cabinet colleagues on a wide range of issues, and in particular the UK’s ongoing trade discussions with partner countries, given the cross-cutting…01 May 2025HANSARDUS Trade Negotiations: FarmingWe will all struggle to believe that at times different Departments could be better co-ordinated —I cannot recognise that at all! I absolutely agree with the right hon. Gentleman.…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can absolutely give that assurance. I have had meetings about this issue just this week. We are ambitious for the just transition for Grangemouth and recognise the issues not…01 May 2025HANSARDTrade: US TariffsAs we have heard, the US is our largest single country trading partner, with total trade worth £315 billion in 2024, representing 18% of total UK trade. More than a million…01 May 2025HANSARDTrade: US TariffsFirst, let me assuage the hon. Gentleman’s concerns: that is a misreading of how the US is approaching these negotiations. The US has perhaps more complex issues with some…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI feel that is a question for either the Treasury or the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, but the hon. Lady made it well. Agriculture features prominently in…01 May 2025HANSARDTrade: US TariffsAs my right hon. Friend knows, I always welcome communications from the Select Committee and the constructive and helpful role it plays in all these important matters. He is right…01 May 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillThe hon. Lady will know that the company brought into question whether that coal was the right grade for blast furnace supplies. I remember several debates in this place about…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI am really grateful that my hon. Friend has been able to put that point on the record for his community, to avoid the kind of situation we have seen in lots of industrial…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillOur friends in the press will follow that up and find out exactly how much money the Leader of the Opposition secretly promised to Jingye to transfer those jobs out of Scunthorpe.…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillThe hon. Member puts it extremely well, if I may say so. The people who have upheld steel as the backbone of construction in the UK for decades deserve better treatment than they…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillThis is such an important point, and I will be exceptionally brief, but the right hon. Gentleman knows from debates that he and I have been in that I am obsessed with the issue of…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for putting that point on the record. It is precisely because of those concerns that we were able to have ready a legal route to…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillAs I tried to articulate in my opening speech on Second Reading, I understand the gravity of the situation, which gives puts some context to the demands for further powers to be…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI will give way one last time.12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillThis is genuinely revelatory. I say again: if Jingye’s request was for £1.2 billion to build at lesser cost in one place, what was the sum of money agreed by the Leader of the…12 Apr 2025