The Minister is deliberately choosing to miss the point of the urgent question. However much he grins at the Dispatch Box, it will not alter that fact. This is not about whether the deal is good or bad; it is about the fact that this is the first trade deal to come before the House, and about whether scrutiny has been delivered in an acceptable way. As you know, Mr Speaker, the scrutiny belongs to the whole of this House of Commons, not simply to a Select Committee. The Minister must explain how we will get that scrutiny, because he is not doing it in a UQ.
Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement: Scrutiny
Proceeding contribution from
Tony Lloyd
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 July 2022.
It occurred during Urgent question on Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement: Scrutiny.
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