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HANSARDCotton ImportsMy Lords, the same rules and advice apply to PPE as to other goods that we import into the UK. As noble Lords know, we take a market-first approach to critical supply chain…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Policy: Environmental ConsiderationsMy Lords, Her Majesty’s Government are committed to upholding the UK’s high environmental standards in our trade policy. We consider a wide range of environmental issues in our…21 Oct 2021HANSARDCotton ImportsThe noble Baroness makes a good point. Last year we debated the very important question of ensuring that our modern slavery laws and guidance are as effective as possible. We…21 Oct 2021HANSARDCotton ImportsMy Lords, probably the easiest place to find a definition is in the schedules to the National Security and Investment Act, which became law at the end of last year. It contains…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 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 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, 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 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 ConsiderationsThe most effective audit we have is the deep scrutiny that noble Lords give our trade agreements and trade policy. We have some of the most advanced scrutiny mechanisms in the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Policy: Environmental ConsiderationsWe will certainly raise the impact of trade policies at COP 26. On the noble Baroness’s point about where our trade agreements are being made, of course it might have been better…21 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: Iceland, Liechtenstein and NorwayI thank the noble Earl. My memory flooded back as soon as he started to explain that. I thought that the report from the IAC was very good, as a marking of progress over the last…14 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: Iceland, Liechtenstein and NorwayI thank the noble Lord. That was the first intervention I have ever had at this Dispatch Box, so it was a pleasure that, perhaps unsurprisingly, it came from the noble Lord, Lord…14 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: Iceland, Liechtenstein and NorwayMy Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, for tabling today’s Motion, and I congratulate the European Affairs Committee on its first foray into reporting on free trade…14 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: Iceland, Liechtenstein and NorwayPerhaps the noble Earl could remind me what the concordat point was.14 Oct 2021HANSARDRepublic of Cameroon: Economic Partnership AgreementMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Grantchester and Lord Purvis of Tweed, for tabling this debate. I welcome the opportunity to discuss the UK-Ghana Interim Trade Partnership…29 Jun 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaThe noble Baroness always speaks with authority on these matters and I always listen to her carefully. I am happy to reassure her that trade does not have to come at the expense…24 Jun 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaMy Lords, it is a constant disappointment to me that Opposition Front Benchers find it difficult ever to say any nice things about trade agreements. Of course, the whole purpose…24 Jun 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaMy noble friend is quite right: Australian animal welfare standards are in fact higher than those in many other countries around the world, and in some cases higher than those in…24 Jun 2021