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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, it is a special pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Remnant. His eloquent maiden speech clearly demonstrates his deep expertise in financial services. This should be…10 Jan 2023HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, taken in isolation, the direct impacts on inflation and the cost of living in the United Kingdom will be negligible. The UK imports a very small amount of wheat from…19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanThe right reverend Prelate makes good points. The cause of the Indian action is the current heatwave in India curtailing wheat production, which is expected to fall for the first…19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, we are indeed working with our G7 partners to bolster the global market and to secure the export of wheat and other grains from Ukraine through grain corridors. I am…19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanThat is an important point, and I will write to the noble Lord giving some background on it.19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, we had a good debate on these matters yesterday in the debate on the gracious Speech. We are all working very hard on this. However, noble Lords will appreciate that the…19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, working together is obviously extremely important in a situation such as this. I will read the report to which the noble Lord refers and take it up.19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, as I said earlier, only a very small amount indeed of Indian wheat comes to the UK. Indeed, the majority of production of wheat in India contributes to the domestic…19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, I think that following this Question we have an Urgent Question on food shortages, and that may be the opportunity to go more into the detail on that. Of course, the…19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, that is a good point, but I think that the House will appreciate that changing railway gauges is a complex process, which cannot be done in the short term. Let us hope…19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, my department has taken strong action in relation to this, either reducing or eliminating tariffs from Ukraine, which was obviously the right thing to do in the terrible…19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, food security is, of course, immensely important, and no more important than at the present time. We are fortunate in this country in that we grow most of the wheat that…19 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, I am sure that those discussions are continuing, but I think that the House will appreciate that we are deep in a conflict there and, when one is deep in conflict, those…19 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a great honour to open this debate on Her Majesty’s gracious Speech on the important issues of foreign affairs, defence and trade. I am also delighted to be joined…18 May 2022HANSARDTrade with the European UnionMy Lords, Her Majesty’s Government are focused on implementing the trade and co-operation agreement, which is the world’s biggest zero-tariff, zero-quota, free trade agreement. We…21 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade with the European UnionMy Lords, with all due respect, I sometimes feel that perhaps noble Lords hope that these arrangements will not work smoothly. However, I can confirm that we want a positive…21 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade with the European UnionMy Lords, I of course respect my noble friend’s opinion on that, but it is not something with which I agree.21 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade with the European UnionMy Lords, perhaps it goes without saying that we are deeply concerned about the news from P&O Ferries. Ministers are speaking to the company to try to understand the impact on…21 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade with the European UnionMy Lords, the noble Viscount includes a number of points in his question. As Minister for Investment, one of my top priorities is securing increased investment flows with Europe.…21 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade with the European UnionMy Lords, one of the reasons the Government have launched the export support service is to support UK businesses—it turns out that is primarily SMEs—with one-to-one advice on…21 Mar 2022