Not quite. I am grateful to the Minister for setting out the full history, but will he accept that the Secretary of State believed that we should have had a debate, under the CRaG principles, on the full treaty? This Bill covers only three of 30 treaties. It is a matter of disappointment to many of us in the House that even though the Secretary of State no doubt argued vigorously and passionately for the debate, the Leader of the House was unable to grant us time. That is not necessarily the precedent that we want to establish for further trade treaty scrutiny.
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Liam Byrne
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 March 2024.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords].
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