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HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]09 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]09 Nov 2021HANSARDExports to AfricaI thank the noble Viscount for that intervention. I will certainly make sure that it is recorded.28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy Lords, my noble friend is assiduous in raising this important matter with the House. I dare say that, as the weather gets colder, we may hear more from him on this topic. We…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy Lords, the shipping industry is of course very important to the United Kingdom. I am sure noble Lords have noted that my right honourable friend the Chancellor of Exchequer…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy noble friend is an assiduous champion of these matters. Our ambitious trade deal with Australia includes the first substantive climate change article that Australia has…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy Lords, I am happy to repeat again from this Dispatch Box our commitment to maintaining very high standards of animal welfare, and of course food safety, in relation to free…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy Lords, environmental policies are at the forefront of our minds when we negotiate free trade agreements and in the areas to which the noble Lord refers. But, of course, these…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy Lords, internationally, we believe that the first step is to use climate diplomacy to encourage our trading partners to ambitiously mitigate climate change in co-ordination…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy Lords, if the noble Lord is referring to the establishment of the Trade and Agriculture Commission, that commission has now been set up in shadow form. It will fulfil the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy Lords, as we transition to net zero, of course the UK recognises the importance of addressing the risk of carbon leakage to ensure that our ambitious policy of decarbonisation…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy Lords, the UK is committed to using its multilateral and bilateral trade policy to encourage the uptake and spread of clean technologies as a lever to remove market distortions…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy Lords, I think the noble Baroness is uncharacteristically rather unfair on this matter. I am prepared to repeat again that we are committed to upholding the UK’s high…28 Oct 2021HANSARDExports to AfricaMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Popat, for raising this important question today and giving me the opportunity to share the Government’s vital work with countries across…28 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Policy: Environmental ConsiderationsMy Lords, as soon as I heard the magic words “Trade and Agriculture Commission” being mentioned by the noble Lord, I thought he was going to congratulate me on that fact that the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Policy: Environmental ConsiderationsMy Lords, I am very pleased to be able to comment categorically that the leaked document to which the noble Lord refers is not government policy and is not being considered by…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Policy: Environmental ConsiderationsThe noble Baroness is right to draw attention to scrutiny. I am always happy to repeat our commitment to scrutiny from the Dispatch Box. Both the Australia and New Zealand…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Policy: Environmental ConsiderationsThe noble Baroness’s question veers toward the unfair. What do I see when I read the Australia free trade agreement? I see a comprehensive environment chapter with Australia that…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Policy: Environmental ConsiderationsMy noble friend makes some excellent points. I wish I had made his point on lamb myself, so I thank him for that, and for drawing the House’s attention to the agreement in…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Policy: Environmental ConsiderationsMy Lords, it is of course a great pleasure to have God on our side in these matters. The noble Lord is right: we are a global trading nation. Our future prosperity depends on us…21 Oct 2021