Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement: Scrutiny

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question on the Australia free trade agreement. T...

We have a system that compares very well with other parliamentary systems around the world. We wi...

I call the shadow Secretary of State, Nick Thomas-Symonds.

I am grateful for the granting of today’s urgent question and I congratulate the hon. Member for ...

I think that, actually, we have a very good deal that the Government should be proud of and which...

The Minister recently joined the second SussExport event at Wiston House, which aimed to boost Su...

My hon. Friend did a great deal to create jobs across the United Kingdom in her previous role and...

This deal will punish the food and farming sectors—that is not my conclusion; it comes from the G...

I see that the hon. Gentleman is in his usual mood, talking about trade in one way in the Chamber...

What assessment has my hon. Friend made of the impact on agriculture of this deal, with reference...

My hon. Friend is rightly thoughtful in this area. Food security remains important. As a result o...

I sit on both the International Trade Committee and the Public Administration and Constitutional ...

I do not think that seven months is rushing anything. This agreement can be ratified only once Pa...

There are huge opportunities from the Australia trade agreement for the ceramics industry in Stok...

My hon. Friend has done great work at the Department for International Trade and I am delighted t...

In October 2020, the then International Trade Secretary—the current Foreign Secretary—set out the...

Officials from my Department and the Secretary of State have given evidence to three separate par...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on securing this important...

My hon. Friend champions food production, including the opportunities for pork pies to be exporte...

It is not too late: the Minister can extend the period for parliamentary consideration by another...

The first part of the hon. Lady’s question has been asked and answered, and the Trade and Agricul...

I chair the all-party parliamentary group on CANZUK, a campaign group that presses for closer rel...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on his work in support of bringing the CANZUK nations closer togeth...

The Minister is deliberately choosing to miss the point of the urgent question. However much he g...

I am very happy to set out the process of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act, introduce...

How?

I am very happy to set out the process, Mr Speaker, if you allow me the time. There are four poin...

The first thing that leaps out from the stats on the website of the Australian Department of Fore...

I welcome that question, actually. The challenges—[Interruption.] Opposition Members heckle, but ...

The Government made a promise to the House that there would be a debate, and the Government have ...

I think the balance that we have is right. We have already been clear that we—[Interruption.] The...

The Minister seems to think we should all just calm down about standards, but the text of the dea...

That question has been asked and answered, but I will answer it again. The Trade and Agriculture ...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) and the other members of the Interna...

Asked and answered, Mr Speaker, but the truth is that the deal removes tariffs on all British exp...

I remind the House of my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

I congratul...

Again, that question has already been asked and answered, but I will provide the House with a lit...

Promises were made during the passage of two trade Bills, and those promises—for a debate on the ...

I am afraid I disagree with the premise of the hon. Gentleman’s question. We are not against scru...

Is it the lowering of food standards, is it a couple of pence off a bottle of wine, or is it perh...

Once again, SNP Members demonstrate that they are anti-trade. I do not think they have ever suppo...

We have heard criticism today not just from the Opposition Benches but from the Government Benche...

This House, and the Committees of this House and indeed the other place, have already had six mon...

This deal was signed in December 2021, and Parliament has never had an opportunity to scrutinise ...

I am not sure that that question really made sense, but let me try and draw some points from what...

When l have spoken to farmers in my constituency, they have said that they are very concerned abo...

I am delighted to represent some great farmers as well, in North East Hampshire. Across the Unite...

We have not had an opportunity to discuss this deal in detail with the Minister, either in Commit...

The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 is the statutory footing on which treaties are ...

The Minister laughed when Brexit was mentioned earlier, but it is no laughing matter for the Scot...

I sometimes fear that some Opposition Members have a permanent sense of humour failure. The facts...

Jilly Greed farms near where I live in Devon. She is a co-founder of Ladies in Beef, and this is ...

I welcome the hon. Gentleman to this place, even though I perhaps disagree with some of his princ...

I just dinnae like this deal, on top of which it sets a dangerous precedent for our future trade ...

Asked and answered, Mr Speaker.

Right. We now come to the next urgent question, from Dame Diana Johnson.