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HANSARDUK-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 2022HANSARDConversion Therapy: LegislationMy hon. Friend asks a good question. I do understand the anxiety. One of the things that I am trying to do is take a lot of the heat out of the debate. Questions such as that from…30 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. We have set out the multiple ways in which we are supporting vulnerable people. I am afraid I did not get all of her question, but if she…30 Nov 2022HANSARDConversion Therapy: LegislationThe Government are committed to protecting people from these practices. We are carefully considering the responses to the public consultation on banning conversion practices,…30 Nov 2022HANSARDConversion Therapy: LegislationThis is a very serious issue, and one reason that it is taking so long is that we are being very considered. Many of the things that people asked for when we first started talking…30 Nov 2022HANSARDConversion Therapy: LegislationIt is quite clear that the hon. Lady did not hear any of the answers that I have given, because she has asked something that I have answered multiple times. I refer her to the…30 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Equality and Human Rights Commission is key to the advancement of equality in this country, which is why we welcome the United Nations’ recent reaccreditation of it as an “A…30 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady may not be aware of the extensive, 18-month piece of work that I produced on covid disparities. Some of the things that she mentioned were picked up in that report…30 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important point, and I agree with her. Protecting women and girls and preventing children from accessing harmful content, such as online…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 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an excellent point. Ministers and senior officials have raised the concerns of LGBT visitors with Qatari authorities at all levels and will continue to…30 Nov 2022HANSARDTrade Update: CPTPP and MexicoThe Department for International Trade (DIT) has made good progress on two key trade negotiations. This statement provides Parliament with an update on the UK’s trade negotiations…28 Nov 2022HANSARDExtension of the UK-Switzerland Services Mobility AgreementThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation share a deep and trusted trading relationship. We are two global leaders in services trade…21 Nov 2022HANSARDUK ExportsThe hon. Lady raises a good point. We do have SME chapters in FTAs, but quite a lot of engagement takes place with trade bodies such as the CBI and the Federation of Small…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Sector: Trade OpportunitiesI thank the hon. Lady for her question. We have a developing countries trading scheme, which we use to assist small countries that are not able to take some of the opportunities…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Sector: Trade OpportunitiesI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. That is one of the things we are promoting during International Trade Week. We have a 12-point export plan, to do precisely what he…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Sector: Trade OpportunitiesThe short answer to that is no, primarily because that would be a competency of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, but I would very much like to hear…03 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is not true that negotiations with India have stalled, either because of the Home Secretary’s comments or for any other reason. They are ongoing. What has changed is the…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Sector: Trade OpportunitiesI thank the hon. Lady for her question. She should know that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change believes that those projects are consistent with our transition to net…03 Nov 2022HANSARDInternational Trade WeekBuilding on last year’s success, my Department is holding more than 120 events across the country this week to help businesses of all sizes and sectors to seize export…03 Nov 2022