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Lords Chamber
Christians: Persecution - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Earl of Sandwich (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Now that we have entered a trade agreement with India, albeit that it is stalled at the moment, can the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) noble Lord, Lord Curry, mentioned India; Laos has jumped 10 places to 21st in the watch-list; Cuba and Mexico - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report) - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) , open trade, a rules-based trading system and not simply to bilateral agreements but to plurilateral - Speech Link
2: Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab - Life peer) Yet such bilateral or plurilateral agreements should be put in perspective: the best trade agreement - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) That represents 30.5% of global GDP, compared with the US-Mexico-Canada agreement at 28% and the EU at - Speech Link
4: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) Trade agreements back then were negotiated for us by the European Commission’s experts, most of them - Speech Link
5: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) countries are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Peru, Singapore, New Zealand, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia and Mexico - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) That is why the new clause is needed.Under UK trade policy, it is not unusual for bilateral trade agreements - Speech Link
2: Anthony Mangnall (Con - Totnes) It lessens the progress that has been made to date on signing new trade agreements and ensuring that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 08 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) SheTrades Outlook is a unique global online platform that tracks and compares countries’ progress on trade - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Con - Life peer) As noble Lords will know, you cannot achieve sustainable peace agreements in conflict areas unless you - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) politician, was slain days before she was due to lead a demo demanding security for trans people in Mexico - Speech Link
4: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) That boost to women’s representation sadly does not mean that the trade union movement is now a feminist - Speech Link
5: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) of London.The report was particularly concerned to hear of the widespread misuse of non-disclosure agreements—NDAs—which - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
LGBT History Month - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) gender recognition and others, have been passed in places such as New Zealand, Colombia, Australia, Mexico - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) People will also ask serious questions about trade and investment. - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) There are lots of other countries in which we have lots of different agreements. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: None Cameroon and Ivory Coast about possible tariff reductions on bananas being exported to the UK from Mexico - Speech Link
2: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) We are also having a debate on where CPTPP interacts with other trade agreements, but quite often, if - Speech Link
3: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) We have been through this many times in different Trade Bills and different free trade agreements. - Speech Link
4: Anna McMorrin (Lab - Cardiff North) The sustainability of this puts into question all our trade agreements in CPTPP. - Speech Link
5: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) We know that free trade agreements have the potential to contribute to preference erosion. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) UK trade agreements. - Speech Link
2: Anthony Mangnall (Con - Totnes) Committee, to say how far we have come in the scrutiny of trade agreements. - Speech Link


Written Statements
Brexit: Fourth Anniversary - Wed 31 Jan 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) Today, the Department for Business and Trade will be publishing an update detailing the wealth of Brexit - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]
2nd reading - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) through trade; and 80% of the world being covered by new trade agreements. - Speech Link
2: Anthony Mangnall (Con - Totnes) agreements, not least because of the modelling but also because, as free trade agreements are signed - Speech Link
3: Anthony Mangnall (Con - Totnes) , so that it could report on these trade agreements. - Speech Link
4: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) Our rolled-over trade deal with Mexico dates from a long time ago—about 2002-03.The hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) Nor will the Bill help us to negotiate returns agreements. - Speech Link
2: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) We also agree that the people smugglers who trade in human misery must be brought to justice, and it - Speech Link
3: Lord Dobbs (Con - Life peer) How will you smash the evil trade? - Speech Link
4: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) There is more to be done on individual return agreements. - Speech Link
5: Lord Baker of Dorking (Con - Life peer) He has a slight problem with inflatable boats, which are now taking refugees across from Mexico. - Speech Link