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Future Free Trade Agreements

Proceeding contribution from Graham Stuart (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 February 2019. It occurred during Debate on Future Free Trade Agreements.

As ever, the hon. Lady speaks powerfully on behalf of her constituency and, indeed, Northern Ireland. That is a really important point for us to take note of. As I have said, we are led by the Secretary of State in our determination to make sure that we get this right and fully engage people. One of the well-informed Opposition Members said earlier that some of the

concerns about TTIP were asinine but, the allegation was, badly politically mishandled. By engaging all parts of the United Kingdom, as I have set out, we are absolutely determined to try to make sure that asinine, false issues do not blind us to the real ones. There are genuine trade-offs to be had in trade agreements, and we should look at and understand them. We need to make sure that we are not spending our time dealing with issues that are not in fact real and are just peddled, often by groups, for political purposes.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
654 c1687 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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