Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Virendra Sharma and Greg Hands

Thursday 17th May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall) (Lab)]

T5. What is the Secretary of State doing to secure more trade with India?

[The Minister for Trade Policy (Greg Hands)]

It was my pleasure to address the hon. Gentleman’s all-party group on India only last week, and we have a huge success story. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has talked about the trade audit—the trade review—that we have done with India. I can also report that bilateral trade has increased by 15% over the last year, and we remain the largest G20 investor in India, with British companies currently employing around 788,000 people in India.