Secretary of State for International Trade: Visits

Debate between Baroness Fairhead and Lord Wallace of Tankerness

Monday 30th April 2018 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Fairhead]

My Lords, I hope I have been clear at the Dispatch Box before that food standards will remain paramount. We are very clear that the safety and health of people in this country is paramount, so we have been clear that food safety standards, as well as environmental standards, will be maintained at the highest level.

[Lord Wallace of Tankerness (LD)]

My Lords, when the International Trade Secretary visited the Philippines he talked about shared values with President Duterte. Given the President’s record in office, which values were he referring to?

[Baroness Fairhead]

That rather flummoxed me because I do not know the specific ones he was referring to. We share with a number of countries a real desire to help our businesses make people’s lives better. I hope that was part of it.