Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for International Trade

Oral Answers to Questions

Ben Bradshaw Excerpts
Thursday 8th September 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Greg Hands Portrait Greg Hands
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My hon. Friend raises an important point. Of course we would want to keep Parliament involved and consulted in relation to new trade deals, but precisely what format that will take is a matter for us and for the House authorities.

Ben Bradshaw Portrait Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)
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“No running commentary” is politician-speak for not having a clue. How is the Minister getting on with delivering on the promise made by the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union that the Government would

“trigger a large round of global trade deals with all our most favoured trade partners”

by tomorrow?