Trade Deals: Parliamentary Scrutiny

I would be humbled and delighted to do so.

The hon. Gentleman and I sit on the International Trade Committee, and he is making a very good d...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman on literally nothing apart from this point about scrutiny. I thor...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful argument, with which I entirely agree. The UK has not done tr...

I thank my hon. Friend for his incredibly helpful intervention. Yes, I do. The International Trad...

I invite the hon. Gentleman to offer a view on whether there might be a fifth point for considera...

The right hon. Gentleman caught me from a surprise angle here. I do not know exactly what is in t...

Before I call Back Benchers in to speak, I am hoping to bring Front Benchers in by eight minutes ...

I thank the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) for securing the debate. Members will know ...

I am introducing an informal time limit of less than four minutes to try and get everyone in.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott, I believe for the first time. I co...

Order. The sitting is suspended for 15 minutes for a Division in the House.

4.53 pm

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Order. The sitting is resumed. The debate will now continue until 5.45 pm. I remind Members to ke...

Diolch, Ms Elliott. I believe I was about to make the point that the International Trade Committe...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. I congratulate the hon. Member for...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall), whom I have the pleasure of serving...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Elliott.

I pay huge tribute to the...

The hon. Gentleman is making a very good speech, but I urge a bit of caution on that point, becau...

Well, that is the theory, but the Government’s own figures and modelling show that the Australia ...

I hope that this is an opportunity to reset our relationship. It is no secret that the relationsh...

Order. It is usual that if a Member is going to directly criticise or mention a Minister, they gi...

None of this is new or not on the record. I think I have been even franker to the right hon. Memb...

I hope that the hon. Gentleman was not impugning officials at the Department for International Tr...

No, I think their advice to her was bad. That is my honest feeling. It was not good advice on how...

May I remind Opposition spokespeople that in one-hour debates, the convention is five minutes? I ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Elliott, I believe for the first time. I...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship for the second time today, Ms Elliott. I thank the...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. It is great to be back at the Depa...

I am sorry to interrupt, but the Minister is making the point that Parliament has the ability to ...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Of course, I have only been back at the Department ...

What I should have said is that the Secretary of State hid behind her officials, claiming that it...

Let me take that in the spirit in which it is meant. I think we will agree to move on, but the ho...

Will the Minister give way?

Let me deal first with the points that my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes raised and the specif...

I thank the Minister for his response, and I will write to him with the points that I have raised...

West Dunbartonshire.

I beg the hon. Gentleman’s pardon. If he wants to come and talk to the International Trade Commit...