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HANSARDFree Trade AgreementsI completely agree with my hon. Friend. Across north Northamptonshire, businesses such as Warner’s Distillery are exporting some £1.5 billion of goods around the world, as…02 Dec 2021HANSARDFree Trade AgreementsWe are working for every corner of our United Kingdom, backing British businesses. We are supporting Scottish jobs as much as those in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, at a…02 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsFreeports will be national hubs for trade and investment. They will regenerate communities, attract new businesses, and create jobs and opportunities across our country. As they…02 Dec 2021HANSARDTrade Deals: Environmental StandardsI, too, welcome the right hon. Gentleman to his place. He is right—the United Kingdom is not currently considering joining the negotiations on that agreement—but we will continue…02 Dec 2021HANSARDTrade Deals: Environmental StandardsWe are absolutely committed to ensuring that the environment receives the full attention of Her Majesty’s Government, but we will also seek to end other environmentally wasteful…02 Dec 2021HANSARDTrade Deals: Animal Welfare and Environmental StandardsI am sorry that the hon. Lady has clearly not been at previous Trade questions. Britain has secured agreement in principle on free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand,…02 Dec 2021HANSARDLabour Shortages: Exports and ImportsAgain, this is International Trade questions, but I am happy to provide an answer on behalf of the Government. We are putting significant resources into training people up to…02 Dec 2021HANSARDLabour Shortages: Exports and ImportsPerhaps the hon. Gentleman has not realised that this is not Transport questions, but International Trade questions—I am sure that his new shadow ministerial colleagues will raise…02 Dec 2021HANSARDTrade Strategy: Climate ChangeWe have been crystal clear on this. We will not compromise our high environmental, animal welfare and food safety standards. That is non-negotiable.21 Oct 2021HANSARDUK Pork: Trade with ChinaI am grateful for the question. This issue has affected pork exporters in many countries. To my knowledge, three British businesses are affected. In the 12 months to August 2021,…21 Oct 2021HANSARDUK Pork: Trade with ChinaI appreciate the strength of the hon. Member’s conviction in this area, but I come back to the core answer, which is that Her Majesty’s Government will work in every possible way…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Strategy: Climate ChangeWe will always look very closely at any abuses of rights and responsibilities around the world. The agreement the hon. Lady refers to is based on an EU agreement, which provided…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Strategy: Climate ChangeWe took a very careful and measured approach to this difficult issue. We are determined to back the steel sector, but we will do so in a WTO-compliant way. The Trade Remedies…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Strategy: Climate ChangeI am grateful to my hon. Friend for all that he says. He is right that we should be ambitious not only for the United Kingdom herself, but for the Crown dependencies. The Crown…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Strategy: Climate ChangeTrade with Israel is going from strength to strength. My hon. Friend is right to raise the opportunities in tech in particular for the future. We are probing and scoping for…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Strategy: Climate ChangeThe hon. Lady rightly refers to our late colleague, Sir David Amess, and his brilliance in championing the issues of people not only across our country, but across the world. His…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Strategy: Climate ChangeThe hon. Gentleman does not seem to value trade around the world as a force for good. By having strong economic relationships, we can have honest and open conversations with…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Negotiations: Welsh GovernmentThe Department for International Trade has established structures to engage very constructively with devolved Administrations across the United Kingdom, including the Welsh…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade Negotiations: Welsh GovernmentI am afraid that the hon. Gentleman slightly misses the point about trade. The opportunity for trade is for us to be able to sell all over the world too. The Welsh farmers, along…21 Oct 2021HANSARDInternational TradeOn the point the hon. Gentleman made towards the end of his question, there has been much talk about global Britain this week and trade is the route to prosperity, for Britain and…22 Jul 2021