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HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Workers RightsI would point to precedent. The United Kingdom has ratified all eight of the fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions. We continue to encourage our partners to do…21 Jul 2022HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Workers RightsI thank the hon. Lady for the question and I can confirm that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has met the same bodies. We engage extensively with trade unions to make…21 Jul 2022HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Workers RightsHer Majesty’s Government have been clear that there will be no reduction in British labour protections in signing up to new free trade deals. Our new agreements with Australia and…21 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a great champion for businesses throughout his constituency of Watford, and they will want to seize the benefits of new trade deals, including with the Gulf…21 Jul 2022HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: Workers RightsWe decide on future deals based on the potential benefit to our economy, economic trends and whether we can negotiate a quality agreement supporting the British people and the…21 Jul 2022HANSARDBarriers to Global TradeRemoving trade barriers boosts our exports to new and familiar markets around the world. We have resolved 396 barriers around the world in the past two years, and just 45 of the…21 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Arms Exports: TransparencyThe hon. Gentleman refers to HMRC which does not fall under my Department, but I will ensure that the relevant Minister provides him with an answer.21 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his diligence in championing the opportunities from free trade with Israel and many other countries around the world, including India. As two…21 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Arms Exports: TransparencyWe publish more licensing data than any other country. Yesterday, we published our annual report covering 2021. The data reveal that of 4,234 licensing decisions on standard…21 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyI am delighted to represent some great farmers as well, in North East Hampshire. Across the United Kingdom, our famers need to have the opportunities to export to the world. For…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyI am not sure that that question really made sense, but let me try and draw some points from what the hon. Gentleman said. The truth is that the Government gave a commitment that…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyOfficials from my Department and the Secretary of State have given evidence to three separate parliamentary Committees on six occasions since the Australia deal was signed in…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyThis House, and the Committees of this House and indeed the other place, have already had six months to scrutinise the agreement, and they will have had seven months by the end of…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyMy hon. Friend has done great work at the Department for International Trade and I am delighted that he has championed the Potteries today. The wider region and the west midlands…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyI am very happy to set out the process of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act, introduced by the last Labour Government. For the first time, it gave statutory effect to…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyI congratulate my hon. Friend on his work in support of bringing the CANZUK nations closer together. He is right that this is just the beginning. Not only have we secured trade…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyAgain, that question has already been asked and answered, but I will provide the House with a little additional information. This deal—and I am sure that the House has looked at…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyMy hon. Friend champions food production, including the opportunities for pork pies to be exported around the world. I look forward to making sure that the tariff-free…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyI think the balance that we have is right. We have already been clear that we— [ Interruption. ] They ask the questions but they do not want to hear the answers. We have been…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia-UK Free Trade Agreement: ScrutinyThat question has been asked and answered, but I will answer it again. The Trade and Agriculture Commission has set out that this deal “does not require the UK to change its…19 Jul 2022