Trade Policy: Environmental Considerations

Baroness Chakrabarti Excerpts

Thursday 21st October 2021 Lords Chamber

[Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (Con)]

We will certainly raise the impact of trade policies at COP 26. On the noble Baroness’s point about where our trade agreements are being made, of course it might have been better if Australia and New Zealand were close to Europe, but they are not. They are important countries to make trade agreements with, and that trumps the question of geography, in this case.

[Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab)]

Would the Minister explain the process within government to audit trade or other policies to ensure that climate catastrophe is given priority in these considerations?