Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

There may indeed; the hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point. He has been part of the cross-p...

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I give way to the hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith).

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that we in the all-party group have been somewhat helped by G...

The hon. Gentleman may be slightly disappointed by my response, because I do not necessarily agre...

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I was going to give way to the hon. Member for Wycombe (Steve Baker), but he has left the Chamber...

Will the right hon. Gentleman clarify how on earth Britain will be able to persuade inward invest...

The answer is simply because a deal with China is very different from a deal with the US. The US ...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend and colleagues from across the House for initiating this de...

I would indeed. My hon. Friend is right: the US has failed to sign six central ILO conventions on...

We currently export more agricultural products than we import in trade with the United States, an...

I do agree. What is interesting about the way in which the debate has progressed in the seven mon...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for securing such an important debate. While Ministers seem keen...

I had not heard that statement and I am surprised that the financial services industry has the de...

The right hon. Gentleman has talked about the benefits for the Untied Kingdom of the TTIP negotia...

Quite simply, there would be no negotiations. Interestingly, our all-party group recently had the...

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that, strictly speaking, he is not entirely right? As I have ...

We are, indeed, such a trading partner, but I have to say that we are not big or significant enou...

Does the right hon. Gentleman accept that, as I understand it, there was no debate about trade or...

I remember a series of very high-profile international trade trips led by Prime Minister Blair an...

Order. I hope that for the right hon. Gentleman “finally” means finally. The recommended time lim...

I am grateful for your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker, because I had not appreciated that the deb...

Order. For clarification for all hon. Members, the debate is a timed one. It will last only three...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I shall resist any more interventions—I have taken plenty alread...

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Order. Thirteen Members wish to participate in the debate. To clarify, the debate will end at 4.5...

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) on securing this deba...

Does my hon. Friend agree that, despite all the hassle Kraft got, its £70 million commitment to C...

Very much so. I suspect that my hon. Friend knows more about the chocolate industry than I, parti...

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is aware that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skill...

I look forward to the Minister destroying one or two of those arguments. I suspect that the hon. ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is not just the UK Government that should be carrying out that ...

I accept that, but realistically we in the UK probably also need our Government to make clear som...

Is the hon. Gentleman able to comment on earlier remarks by my right hon. Friend the Member for W...

If the hon. Lady will allow me, I will not comment on that but will leave it to the Minister. I w...

Briefly, my hon. Friend mentions the need for an EU-US regulatory framework for financial service...

I say simply to my hon. Friend that given the potential huge benefits of the TTIP, it seems odd t...

I welcome this debate and I am honoured to have put my name to the motion before the House. I am ...

Although this is a good news story in that it can create about £10 billion for the UK economy, do...

I am grateful for that intervention and I will go on to agree with some of the points the hon. Ge...

The hon. Gentleman is making a very powerful case. Does he agree that it is not enough simply to ...

I fully concur with the views of my hon. Friend. I will go on to talk on that specific issue in t...

What proposals does the hon. Gentleman have to protect British investments overseas if he is so p...

I am extremely interested in that point. I was going on to say that this is a deal between two ad...

The hon. Gentleman makes the point that the Mexico-US agreement was principally of benefit to the...

I think the hon. Gentleman is trying to distract me from the point I was trying to make. I would ...

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We will start with a time limit of eight minutes on all contributions from Back Benchers. That ma...

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) and the hon. Member f...

In the light of his remarks, will my hon. Friend explain why, in our trading with the other 27 st...

As always my hon. Friend asks an incisive question that deserves an answer, which is that if we s...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) and others ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

The hon. Gentleman has had a good run so far today. I am conscious of Madam Deputy Speaker’s inst...

I agree that this could lead to protection for employees and the environment being waived. We nee...

I thank my hon. Friend and he raises the concerns of many of us. It is irresponsible and I believ...

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) on introducing the de...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will not, because we are short of time.

There is a debate to be had about the European Un...

I thank the Backbench Business Committee for scheduling the debate. Let me also echo the tributes...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will give way once to my—hon. Friend!

I thank my hon. Friend. Following the point made by the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearn...

I shall be unpicking some of the arguments during the short time available to me. I think that IS...

My hon. Friend has probably heard some of my colleagues say that the agreement will be all right ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I shall deal with some of those issues later in my speech, an...

I too congratulate the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) and his colleague...

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I will give way shortly. I will merely say that the fact that we have this near consensus in Brit...

I fully agree with the way in which the Minister has approached this debate and the TTIP, but wil...

I will certainly try to address all those concerns. That is the key reservation that is being exp...

Our delegation that was sent to the States saw at first hand the discussions on the time scale. A...

The hon. Gentleman follows these matters closely, and he knows that, on both sides of the Atlanti...

In our negotiations with the US Government, is it not important that we should emphasise the dist...

I can assure my hon. Friend that I make that point, although we are not hostile to the Pacific pa...

Is there not a danger that members of Congress who are hostile to the fast-track authority propos...

The answer to that is yes, there is a danger. I can assure my hon. Friend that we will do our bes...

Will the Minister give way?

Let me make some progress; otherwise, I will not be able to complete my speech in the appropriate...

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Let me make my point and go through the argument, and then I will give way. First, let us remembe...

I welcome the fact that my right hon. and learned Friend is standing up for small and micro-busin...

Obviously, I understand the doubts being expressed, because some extremely respectable lobbies an...

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman therefore give us an assurance that nothing in this tra...

I realise that a broader issue underpins those fears, which is the extent to which there is scope...

The right hon. and learned Gentleman was asked a question regarding the involvement of micro-busi...

I am not encouraging small companies to start engaging in arbitration in major commercial dispute...

Before my right hon. and learned Friend concludes, will he elucidate on the point he made earlier...

Which point I made earlier?

Order. Is the Minister giving way?

indicated assent.

It was with respect to the question of transparency and the fast-track arrangements. As my right ...

I said only that the timing of fast track authority would have an effect on the timing of any agr...

Will the Minister give way?

This will definitely be the last intervention I will take.

On the basis of discussions on this matter with Senators from the United States, it seems that th...

Well, they are, but that is, as several people have said, part of the significance of this potent...

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Order. The House will be aware that this is a time-limited debate and there is not very much time...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak, and I will truncate my remarks.

I...

It is good news that we are discussing the TTIP which, as far as I am aware, is the most ambitiou...

On the subject of food, two companies in my constituency wanted to export to the United States, b...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention.

There are so many differences between the...

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He is about to intervene, but I am going to quote him anyway, because he might be about to repeat...

As I understand it, an investor who has access to this process would not be able to start arguing...

I very much appreciate my right hon. and learned Friend’s intervention. At this stage it is very ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Zac Goldsmith). I congratulate memb...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Katy Clark). It is diffi...

My hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park (Zac Goldsmith), who is no longer in his place, raise...

I accept that we must ensure that a treaty requires a level playing field for food producers. The...

Is that not the key point? Without agreements such as this one, we will not have a level playing ...

I could not agree more. It is a shame that my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park (Zac Golds...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I have to conclude my remarks, because I have only two minutes left.

We have talked about i...

A number of people have said that there must be a good business case for the transatlantic trade ...

It is a great pleasure to speak in this important debate and I add my congratulations to the all-...

On the “Buy American” strategy in America, is it not the case that the concern lies more with pol...

My hon. Friend makes a fair point, but the perception of politicians was that the “Buy American” ...

I begin by congratulating my right hon. Friend the Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) ...

Let me say at the outset that I am pro-trade. I want our export industry to increase, and I want ...

Not teetotal!

No, not teetotal, but TTIP.

I urge the Minister to think of the 85,000 people in our commun...

Thank you for calling me, Madam Deputy Speaker. I apologise to the House for not being able to be...

Is my hon. Friend not concerned that the Government still refuse to say that the NHS will be exem...

Absolutely. It seems strange that we cannot say that we are going to exempt the NHS from discussi...

We have had a good debate, with very good speeches from both sides. Notwithstanding the contribut...