I am extremely grateful to the Minister for giving way to me, however he chooses to do so. We are very strongly in favour of free trade, but we also believe that free trade has to be fair. Let me take him back to his earlier comments about the strategic value of this. Does he understand that trade deals must have strategic value when it comes to protecting our ability to feed ourselves as a country? Does he understand why those of us who represent rural communities are deeply concerned about the imbalance that exists between farm standards on this side of the world and those in New Zealand and Australia on the other? We think that might undermine our ability to feed ourselves because it will put British farmers out of business.
Australia and New Zealand Trade Deals
Proceeding contribution from
Tim Farron
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 November 2022.
It occurred during Debates on treaty on Australia and New Zealand Trade Deals.
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