Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession) Debate

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Department: Department for International Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession)

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Wednesday 17th June 2020

(4 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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It is a shame that the SNP appears to be intent on scaremongering rather than looking at the opportunities for Scottish farmers and businesses from this excellent deal.

Ben Everitt Portrait Ben Everitt (Milton Keynes North) (Con)
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Conservative Members are optimistic and positive about the opportunities ahead. We have heard about the opportunities for our dairy farmers, but is my right hon. Friend aware of the opportunities for our arable sector in striking a deal with the Japanese, whose desire for British malt is insatiable, at a time when so much malting barley is sat in the sheds and warehouses of our brewers and farmers? We should be excited about opening up these new markets.

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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My hon. Friend is right. This country produces high-quality malting barley, and my ambition is to overtake Canada in exports to Japan and to become No. 1 on the Japan malting barley list.