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HANSARDTrade with EU: SMEsI am not sure I am the one with the Brexit blind spot, but I have to say that the Government are working very hard with our trade industry groups and our representative bodies. I…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade with EU: SMEsMy hon. Friend is right to say that there is a global market, not just the EU, and the wider European market. The export strategy “Made in the UK, Sold to the World” is there to…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade with EU: SMEsAll I can suggest is that the hon. Gentleman gets his exporters to talk to me and not to him, because we will provide them with an optimistic and enthusiastic support service. He…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade with EU: SMEsI will take that question away to my colleagues in both the Treasury and the Foreign Office, and get her a detailed answer.03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade and Export PromotionPerhaps I should just stand at the Dispatch Box full time. My Department has a strong package of support for British exporters, as I have reiterated several times already this…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade and Export PromotionI am more than happy to meet the hon. Gentleman to look at the specifics, and where necessary to liaise with the Scottish Government on any specific Scottish matters.03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade and Export PromotionFirst, may I thank my hon. Friend for the work that he does as one of the Prime Minister’s trade envoys? The work that we are doing on green energy and renewables is at the heart…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade and Export PromotionNo, the whole ministerial team are absolutely confident that we will continue to deliver world-beating FTAs, and we liaise with all who have interests. The hon. Lady mentioned…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade: Persian Gulf CountriesThe Gulf is an important trading region for the United Kingdom, with an overall trade relationship worth £32.4 billion in 2020. The countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council are…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade: Persian Gulf CountriesI can reassure my hon. Friend that the Gulf represents a massive opportunity for many goods, from education and defence to vehicles, food and agriculture. It is an open market…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises a very interesting and important point. My right hon. Friend the Minister for Women and Equalities and I will work on this, and see what more we can do to…23 Feb 2022HANSARDGender RecognitionYes, I did use the shorthand of spousal veto, which I know lawyers say does not exist. The no-fault divorce legislation about to be enacted will remove that effect that people are…23 Feb 2022HANSARDGender RecognitionThe Government are clear that we want transgender people to be able to live their lives as they wish. The previous Government consulted on the Gender Recognition Act 2004. Having…23 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI think the hon. Lady jumped to the bottom of the page, because the Government recognise that the reference to “disorder” in the Act is outdated and dehumanising, and it will be…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir Christopher, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) for his tone: I…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I will perhaps come on to some of the guidance in a few minutes. However, I wanted to put on the record that some of what is misinterpreted…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI appreciate that the hon. Lady was not here for the bulk of the debate, but I am very conscious that some Members have trans children and trans siblings. I know from my own…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActThe hon. Gentleman asks quite a complex question, so, as he would expect, I do not have the answer now, but I will write to him. I can say that the word “disorder” will be…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI am in the enviable position of being able to promise lots because I do not actually have to deliver it—I am not the Health Minister. I can commit to having conversations with…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActThe decision-making rules on under-18s will remain as they are. That decision making has to be informed by the client, clinician and the wider support framework, and all parties…21 Feb 2022