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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Health and Social Care Committee for its IMMDS follow-up report. Our sympathies remain with all those women affected by sodium valproate. Patient safety is our top…25 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government will be supporting the Equality and Human Rights Commission in developing a statutory code on workplace harassment. We will be working closely on that. The…25 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is, as I mentioned earlier, an issue that the Government are working very hard on. I will raise it with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education, who can…25 Jan 2023HANSARDIndia Trade NegotiationsThe sixth round of UK-India free trade agreement negotiations began on 12 December and concluded on 16 December. As with previous rounds, this was conducted in a hybrid fashion—UK…09 Jan 2023HANSARDGender Recognition: Approved Overseas Countries and TerritoriesI would like to notify the House of the progress we are making in implementing our 2020 response to the Gender Recognition Act (2004) consultation. In particular, the House will…09 Jan 2023HANSARDCanada and Gulf Cooperation CouncilThe Department for International Trade has made progress on two key trade negotiations. This statement provides Parliament with an update on the United Kingdom’s trade…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI share my hon. Friend’s enthusiasm for CPTPP. Joining CPTPP will offer new opportunities for businesses in Orpington and across the UK. The potential increase to UK GDP is…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am afraid the right hon. Gentleman is talking nonsense. The Australia free trade agreement is a great deal. It will boost the household wages going into our pockets by an…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs Secretary of State, I have been very clear that what is important is the substance of trade deals, not the timing. It is about the deals, not the day. I am negotiating quality…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend and Medtrade for their support in sending supplies to Ukraine. My Department is committed to supporting innovative life sciences companies; he will have…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have not personally had any meetings with the Ulster Farmers’ Union, but one of my Ministers has. I want to emphasise that our export strategy is focused on such issues. If the…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe work closely with the Crown dependencies and overseas territories to ensure their interests are actively represented in our FTA programme and trade negotiations. DIT officials…15 Dec 2022HANSARDInward InvestmentIn the last financial year, DIT supported foreign direct investments generating over £7 billion-worth of economic impact to the UK economy and creating nearly 73,000 new jobs, of…15 Dec 2022HANSARDInward InvestmentI thank my hon. Friend for that question. DIT intends to grow over 550 roles outside London by 2025. Our second major location will be the Darlington economic campus, alongside…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on being a doughty champion of Indonesia and on being such a good trade envoy. He is right that we want to have a JETCO early next year. The…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, I returned from Delhi after holding trade talks with my counterpart, Minister Piyush Goyal, during the sixth round of the UK-India free trade agreement negotiations. We…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsSixteen chapters have closed. I returned from India just yesterday, and I am still a bit jetlagged. We had two days of invigorating trade talks. Minister Goyal and I had…15 Dec 2022HANSARDUK-South Korea Trade Agreement: UpdateToday the Department for International Trade has launched a public call for input on a future free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and South Korea. The call for input…09 Dec 2022HANSARDUK-Ukraine Digital Trade Agreement in PrincipleEarlier this year, the Government launched negotiations on a digital trade agreement as part of our commitment to the people of Ukraine. I am pleased to report that we have now…30 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman asks an excellent question. This is one of the issues that we looked at in our Inclusive Britain strategy. The Department for Education and the Government…30 Nov 2022