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evidence that came to us from the review published in October. I

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expect to publish the recommendations and findings in the

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spring. Questions for the Secretary of State

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for International Trade, Thomas Simmonds.

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Mr Speaker, the EU Canada comprehensive economic trade

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agreement, CE GAA, is a good agreement for the UK. -- CETA. The

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UK Government is fully committed to supporting such agreements whilst we

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remain EU members. The investment protection provisions in CETA will

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have no impact on UK environment or legislation and they cannot force

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the UK or other parties to change their laws on the environment or on

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any other area of public policy. I'm grateful for that answer but

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many of my constituents are worried about as maintaining our current

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environmental standards post-Brexit. Could be Minister guarantee that

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whether this trade deal or any other trade deal the UK intends to make,

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that our current environmental standards will not be watered down?

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What I can tell him is that in trying in CETA and many other

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free-trade agreements it remains the UK's right to regulate in these

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areas, which would include key environmental protections, and there

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is nothing for example on the ICS system that would force the UK to

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change its environmental regulations. I notice however, Mr

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Speaker, that the honourable gentleman voted against CETA

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yesterday. But he may not know that when CETA was debated in this House

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on Monday in committee, the official opposition was actually in favour of

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it. Michael Fabricant.

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Has my honourable friend heard of... It is the plan being proposed within

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the Canadian Parliament for a Canada, Australia, New Zealand,

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United Kingdom trade partnership after Brexit? Does he share my

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enthusiasm for this? Mr Speaker, I saw this proposal and

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we are very enthusiastic about the future of UK trade with Canada. I

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would repeat that we are currently supportive of CETA going through and

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we think it is very important for the UK for the European Union and

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for Canada, and we will be doing what we can to campaign for that to

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go through, not least in the face of the new-found opposition by Her

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Majesty's opposition. If I could point out to the

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Minister, but a majority of the Labour members voted for the trade

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deal. And given that Canada is such a long-standing Commonwealth friend,

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Ally, and defence and trade partner, cookie onto this basic question? In

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a post-Brexit world, if we can't do a deal with Canada, who the hell can

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we do a deal with? Thank you very much indeed for that

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question. He is right that more Labour MPs voted for CETA, 86 and 68

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against, and over 100 ab staining. This agreement took eight years to

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that the opposition would have got that the opposition would have got

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its act together by now. In terms of a particular point, I also quote

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from one of his colleagues he said, quote, if we can't support eight

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trade deal with liberal, Justin Trudeau led Canada, who do we

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support trade deals with? LAUGHTER

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Post-Brexit, will be CETA deal be transitioned into a bilateral

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arrangement, or will vary to be a fresh Canada- UK agreement?

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My honourable friend raises an interesting point and I think we

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will have to look at that when we come to it. What would say is that

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there is a number of important aspects of the CETA deal that we

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might look to replicate in a future deal, but for the time being the UK,

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European Union, remain strongly European Union, remain strongly

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supportive of CETA going through. I heard the honourable gentleman

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opposite saying he was indeed the backbencher named in the article

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which refer to him as an unnamed backbencher, so it is good to see he

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is now named and supporting the Labour Party, and their traditional

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friends in Canada and the Liberal party.

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Question two, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, the Government will lead

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the way ensuring countries have their opportunity to trade their way

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out of property. While the UK is a member of the EU, we remain

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committed to economic partnership could agreements, a general ice cube

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of preferences, and we are working closely with the Department for

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International Development to ensure the global trading system of the

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future is as fair and as free as possible.

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Many thanks, Mr Speaker. Trading with developing countries is crucial

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to providing jobs and livelihoods for sustainable development goals.

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Will the Secretary of State committed to fair trade principles

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in relation to future trade deals with developing countries to ensure

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local populations can benefit sustainably and that it condiments

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the work of different people in my constituency and beyond?

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Let me join the honourable lady to contribute to a fair trade campaign.

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It is reporting to ensure that farmers receive a fair price for

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their products, and that agricultural workers receive better

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workers, and agricultural practices are made more sustainable. As

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Britain leads the EU, outside the common external tariff, there will

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be freedom to do something things she recommends.

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When we look at west African cocoa, East African coffee, Tunisian

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olives, we find that the cause of unfair trade policy is

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Union. Will he agree that what we Union. Will he agree that what we

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can set our own tariffs outside the common external tariff of the EU, we

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can help those countries trade their way out of poverty?

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Mr Speaker, this Government is committed to an open and liberal

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trading system. That is one of the best ways to help poor countries, to

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have an even greater liberalisation than we have today. When we are

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outside the common external tariff of the EU, we will have an

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opportunity unilaterally to have new opportunities as he suggests.

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Thank you, Mr Speaker. The 21st century offers us an opportunity to

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build on our pride and identity as a nation which promotes human rights,

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workers' rights and environmental protection, all part of fair trade

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principles. How will the Government build on this part of our national

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identity in trade negotiations? We are already playing a part in

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that. Britain played a major role in the WTO or arrangement, which will

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come into effect in a short time, trade facilitation agreement. That

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will be worth about ?70 billion to the global economy, and for some of

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the poorest countries, such as sub-Saharan Africa, that will be

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worth about ?10 billion, a major contribution to them and we should

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be proud. In my role as the Prime Minister's

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trade envoy to Nigeria... Bravo!

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Will he join me in encouraging Nigeria to show the benefits of

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trade widely with its people? That is a message I will be taking

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when they make a visit to Nigeria myself in the not distant future.

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Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Department of International trade

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supports efforts to grow the UK's space Centre, and we work closely

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with the UK space agency for growth. In January I led a UK space agency

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mission to the US where I advocated the UK had an attractive market for

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space sector companies. We intend to highlight progress in Manchester in

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May. UK Export Finance offers finance to help UK-based companies

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in the space sector. It is great to hear that the UK is

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fast becoming a world leader in the space sector, but can right

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honourable friend inform the house on his efforts to secure foreign

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direct investment into the UK to support domestic growth in this

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industry? My honourable friend is right to

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raise the importance of the sector. The numbers are fantastic, six times

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the average development investment, and 2.7 times the average

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productivity in the UK. In the last few years, we have supported 19

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successful investment project in this sector and will continue to

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work with the Department of business energy and industrial strategy to

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deliver UK space innovation and growth into the future.

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The encrypted public service channels of the new Galileo space

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navigation system are restricted to the EU member states. What steps

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will the Government take post-Brexit to ensure the Government has access

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to Galileo, which we invested in? Galileo is the satellite navigation

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Agency, by the European Union. This Agency, by the European Union. This

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is something which is one of the many different things we have to

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negotiate over the coming years. The use of spectrum is one of the most

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incredible things, because Spectrum is limited to this area. This is

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something the Government will be looking at as one of many other

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things, many important things to look at. I assure him this is a...

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Spectrum is a valuable asset to this country and we will make sure we get

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our fair share. Since 23rd June the UK has continued

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to attract investment from global technology companies, including

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Facebook expanding by 50% in the UK. Google pledging to invest ?1

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billion. Snap chat's new global HQ in London and more. This showcases

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the UK's leading capability through our overseas network and through our

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digital platform. The global market for smart City

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technologies alone is something in the region of $400 billion. British

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firms lead the way in many of the specialisations. However, we could

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win more contracts if there was a UK approach to having a complete City

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solution. Could I encourage ministers to promote greater

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collaboration between businesses and Government. ? My honourable friend

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is correct. I agree with everything he said, in terms of the size of the

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UK capability, the size of the potential market and the need to

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have a team UK approach, which I spoke about recently when I visited

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his APPG, just two weeks ago. And Mr Speaker, in addition I can announce

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today two UK companies that secured a contract worth tens of millions of

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pounds to build a new head quarters in the UAE with support of UK Export

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Finance, showing the UK remains very much open for business.

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Mr Speaker, the number one tech Brexit worry is when we leave, it

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will become unlawful to send personal data from Europe into the

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UK unless we've achieved a declaration made by the European

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Commission about our privacy arrangements. Will that declaration

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be achieved in time? Well, Mr Speaker, I was in the previous

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question and I heard him ask precisely the same question. Of the

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technology minister and the UK is committed to implementing the global

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agreement, committing to make sure this will work for the UK once we

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transition outside of the European Union. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I

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welcome the British business banks funding. Will it ensure that Britain

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get their fair share so the rev lulings can continue? -- revolution

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can continue. May I thank him on the fourth Industrial Revolution in this

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House and beyond as being a key advocate not just in the UK, but

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around the world, in making sure the UK takes advantage of its great

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strengths in technological expertise? Figures published by the

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centre for City show that Glasgow's exports were worth... Where the

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technology sector in Glasgow, will the Secretary of State consider the

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Scottish Government's proposals in Scotland place in Europe to keep

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Scotland in the single market? I am very sympathetic to Glasgow

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maintaining its exports and capability in smart cities. The UK

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and the department for international trade we follow the whole of the UK

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approach, often working with key partners like Scotland development

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international. However, I will point out, that more important is Scotland

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remaining in the United Kingdom, where some four times as much of

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Scottish produce and capabilities exported within the United Kingdom,

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compared to the European Union. Thank you. British tech firms have

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been unable to go to two US trade shows and look unlikely to attend a

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top conference in Singapore, due to extensive delays from his department

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in announcing trade access partnership funding L he go back to

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the department and conif irm the funding so British businesses can

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attend trade shows and play their part in boosting our exports and

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economy? Well, Mr Speaker t department for international trade

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continually reviews its products and services to ensure that they meet

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its customer needs and republic good value for the -- and represent good

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value for the taxpayer. It will be completed shortly. So we will

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confirm events shortly. Mr Speaker, building on my visit to

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Taiwan in September, we will continue to work with the Taiwanese

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authorities to address market issues and to further increase our trade in

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this important market. The UK and Taiwan share a favourable outlook on

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Fairtrade. Bilateral trade reached ?5.9 billion in 2014, up 8% compared

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to 2010. I am pleased the minister met with

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the President last September. I hope he shares my belief, as Britain

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reaches out to secure more trade deals that we keep in site our

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foreign policy values. Does the minister agree that increased trade

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with Taiwan and the UK is a win for both our economies but also for our

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Liberal Democratic values? I very much agree with the honourable

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gentleman. The EC and Taiwan share so -- UK and Taiwan share so many

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commitments. The protection of a free society and we have very

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strongly shared values of free trade, open markets and openness to

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foreign investment. I had very productive talks with the President

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herself when I was there in September, who is a big friend of

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the United Kingdom, not least due to her undergraduate time at the London

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School of Economics. I know the minister will be aware

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that back in 2008 Taiwan was granted Commonwealth nations research

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membership and as such they will look to the Commonwealth Trade

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Minister's meeting taking place here in London in March L the minister

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confirm that trade with the Commonwealth is a top priority for

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this Government after we leave the European Union. Will he commit to

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ensure that during that trade meeting as many members of this

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House, from all sides can be involved to ensure that

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relationships with Commonwealth parliamentarians are key? Yes. Mr

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Speaker, I think in terms of both trade with Taiwan and with the

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Commonwealth, this department remains extremely supportive of

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members being involved. I expect in relation to the Trade Minister's

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meeting forthcoming, in terms of specific engagements with

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parliamentarians I would hope to see the CPA involved in those

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discussions. With trade deals in place for the likes of whisky and

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Northern Ireland products, can the minister say he uses the success of

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the long life dairy supplied to dairies across the world? Well, Mr

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Speaker when I returned to Taiwan, when I held talks with the Taiwan

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authorities in September, agricultural produce was at the

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centre of talks. We talked about pork exports, we talked about

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poultry exports and we mentioned, made some progress on Scottish

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whisky. Taiwan is Scottish's third largest global market. We made some

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important progress on seeking Scottish whisky being certified by

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Taiwan. I know a lot of businesses focus on the China market for

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obvious reasons. When I led a delegation as a party in September

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to Taiwan I witnessed a vibrant economy. Does he agree if British

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businesses ignore Taiwan they are missing a trick? I totally agree

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with my honourable friend. In fact he and I were in Taiwan at roughly

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the same time back in September. I applaud the work that he does for

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the APPG, for Taiwan. Taiwan has a long-standing open market to UK

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goods and services. We need to make sure that we work hard to remove the

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few remaining barriers there are. That was the purpose of the talks in

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September. I think the message from this House should go out loud and

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clear to British businesses that Taiwan is a very good place for them

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to do their business. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Does my

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honourable friend see any reason why this will not continue after we

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leave the EU? Mr Speaker... Thank you, Mr Speaker. Number six.

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The South-West connects companies in Cornwall across the world. Cornish

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companies in all sectors can access a full range of department for

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international trade services. We have launched the great dot gove

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website. New Cornish exportses step into the place and help compete in

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high growth markets. There's been a flurry of businesses producing food,

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drink and other goods. There's no doubt about the quality of their

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produce. Very few of these products, food and drink go beyond Cornish

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borders, let alone overseas. Will the minister accept an invitation to

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meet with these producers and help them expand their markets? As my

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family have roots in corner over 100 family have roots in corner over 100

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years, which means we are no longer an in-comer. He is a south-west MP.

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He has met with Cornish producers. I am a frequent visitor to the county.

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At the very first opportunity I will go with him to meet his constituents

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and across the whole of Cornwall in order to explore ways we can really

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push this fantastic county's product. Thank you very much.

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Question number seven. Mr Speaker, I launched a trade

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policy dialogue with the New Zealand Trade Minister to consider how we

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can strengthen our economic ties. Last month the Prime Minister met

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with the Prime Minister of New Zealand land and agreed for work on

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a new agreement between the UK and New Zealand once the UK leaves the

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European Union. Thank you very much. THE SPEAKER: The Government wanted

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it to be grouped with number nine. Indeed. We are grateful. Thank you

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very much Mr Speaker. I warmly welcome the early and constructive

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dialogue with our colleagues and friends in New Zealand. Will my

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Right Honourable friend do all he can to explore every opportunity of

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bilateral trade with New Zealand, including the natural sin any gis

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between our rural economies I very much agree. The UK exported over

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?1.2 billion goods to New Zealand last year and opportunities for our

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rural businesses will be an important part of the work as we

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take forward dialogue with New Zealand, which I intend to visit

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over the summer months. Thank you Mr Speaker. This year the

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British New Zealand business asoishation reaches its --

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association reaches its centenary. I have experience of the warmth

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between our two countries. Does the minister agree with me that there is

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a hope and that we look forward to a great increase in trade between our

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two countries in the years ahead? Mr Speaker, I certainly hope that will

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be possible, given the freedom we'll have outside the European Union to

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negotiate such a free trade agreement. In fact it is not just

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our two countries that will benefit, all countries around the globe will

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benefit from the new global Britain and our attitude towards global free

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trade with all the benefits it brings, especially to the world's

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poor. The Secretary of State will know that New Zealand is a land of

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30 million sheep. Six or seven sheep for every person. Has the Secretary

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of State discussed the impact of a trade deal with the leader of the

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National Farmers Union. They regard the combination of a 43% WTO tariff

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on sheep meat and increased market access for New Zealand as

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potentially fatal to our sheep farmers. How will the minister

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protect them? As I said, that will be an important

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part of our discussions. We will want to discuss with the NFU and

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others how we do that. We need to take into account something which is

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not mentioned very often, the interests of UK consumers in any

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trade deal we come to. Question one. There are three tasks,

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promoting exports, serving the why, maximising opportunities for wealth

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creation, including through overseas direct investment, to support the

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current account and negotiate the best trading framework for the UK

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outside the EU. On terms of investment, I can announce that

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Mcclarn will open a ?50 million manufacturing plant in Sheffield

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which will create 200 new jobs. Given how desperate the

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International Secretary is to negotiate a trade deal with the US,

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what steps will be taken to make sure that Scottish farmers are not

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on the cup? The quality produce will be a source of negotiation, but in

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terms of undercutting Scottish economy, what I am told by investors

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in the United States is that one of the things hanging over them that is

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actually depressing investment opportunities is the threat of

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separation. I welcome the recent establishment of a UK Israel trade

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working group. We have seen bilateral trade between the UK and

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is well increase year after year. Can the Secretary of State provide

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further information about how the group works and does he share my

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view that the Middle Eastern democracy should be one of our first

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trade deals? My honourable friend is right to highlight the good trade

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system we have with Israel. It was announced there will be a working

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group on trade by the Prime Minister earlier in the week, but the EU

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already has a trade arrangement with Israel and this is something in the

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first instance we would look to continue. But I am sure there will

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be many opportunities where we can improve on that, given the fact the

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trade deal was done with one country and 28 and bilateral will be easier

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to negotiate. The Secretary of State had promised that had he had the

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opportunity to debate the trade agreement on the floor of the house,

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but the promise was broken and the debate was sidelined to an obscure

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committee earlier this week. Given that the UK will soon be responsible

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for negotiating is an international trade deals following Brexit, what

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assurances can the Secretary of State can be House that

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parliamentarians will have the full opportunity to scrutinise such trade

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deals in future and not be afforded the discourtesy that we have been

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recently. It is not an obscure committee. It was a two and a half

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hour debate in committee room ten following the proper procedures set

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out by this House. At the end of the debate she failed to oppose

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anything, yet in the Scottish Parliament yesterday they voted

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against it en masse. They have changed their position on something

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that has been debated for eight that has been debated for eight

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years in the space of 24 hours. Many Cornishmen and women emigrated to

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seek work in the New Zealand in the late 19th century. Will my

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honourable friend now support other great Cornish exports, our wonderful

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produce, such as Cornish side produced in my constituency? It is

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good to see the far west of the country is being well represented on

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a one line whip. There are fantastic products coming from her

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constituency, with many award-winning brands. It is the job

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of the Department of International trade to push exports from Cornwall

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to the four corners of the globe. When I read to the Secretary of

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State in November to asked for an investigation into his department

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was Mac support for any British businesses engaging corrupt

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practices, he replied saying his department had no power to conduct

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such an investigation. Last week after the publicity surrounding

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Rolls-Royce's deferred prosecution, he announced precisely such an

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investigation. When did the powers of his department change? One will

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enquiry report back and why will he -- and well he explained why he has

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not complied with the principles of the OECD anti-bribery and

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corruption? Rolls-Royce has made it clear it will not tolerate improper

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business of any sort. They continue to operate with the Serious Fraud

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Office and we await the final outcome. It would not be proper to

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comment before that. The details of the statements... To contribute the

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trend of south-west transporting, a large company has won a contract to

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provide technology to Indonesia. While his department work with me to

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produce a short story to capture the story and to encourage other SMEs?

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I'm sure my honourable friend had something to do with that.

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Absolutely. We would all be delighted to help in any way we can

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to help promote this investment. A hard Tory Brexit will be damaging

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for the Scottish aerospace industry which contributes more than 130

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million to the Scottish economy. Will assurances be provided that the

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Scottish aerospace sector will have barrier free access to the European

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single market? It has been the very clear aim of the government to

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ensure tariff and barrier free access once we leave the European

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Union and that's what we intend to negotiate. The Scottish aerospace

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industry will be stronger for being represented by all of the United

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Kingdom. Does he agree with me that company registration using a company

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's house type model is important to promote the economies of developing

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companies seeking foreign direct investment and it's also good news

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for the UK financial services sector that will follow on from such a

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scheme? My honourable friend makes an important general point in a

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specific question. One we have an open trading system, it is a win-

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win. The economies can benefit from sharing the same system. How many

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employees have the Civil Service recruited. We are adding 50 extra

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staff to our trade policy group and will continue to do so. We will be

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increasing the numbers as we look at our WTO numbers and our obligations

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there. Also one we look to the FTA is that we have. The current number

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of 200 will be augmented as we go forward. -- FTAs. We take an ongoing

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and continuous interest in the still sector. It is obviously a sector

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facing difficulty at the moment that the low global steel price, but we

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do see a good future for UK steel and the Department of International

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Trade looks forward to taking part in a hollow government approach to

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make sure that UK steel is sold the board. Order. Urgent question.

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Yvette Cooper. To of the Home Secretary to make a statement on the

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government 's decision to close the scheme for child refugees. Secretary

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of State. We have pledged over ?2.3 billion in

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aid to the simmering conflict. It is our largest ever humanitarian

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response to a single crisis. The UK has contributed significantly to

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hosting, supporting and protecting the most vulnerable children

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affected by the migration crisis. In the year ending September 2016, we

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granted asylum or another form of leave to over 8000 children. Of the

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