Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Duguid and Scott Benton

Thursday 23rd March 2023 Commons Chamber

[Scott Benton (Blackpool South) (Con)]

11. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support energy-intensive industries.

[David Duguid (Banff and Buchan) (Con)]

13. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support energy-intensive industries.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Duguid and Scott Benton

Wednesday 8th September 2021 Commons Chamber

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (David Duguid)]

This Government have already struck trade deals with more than 68 countries as well as the EU worth £744 billion a year. This will create new markets for Scotland’s exporters, including our world-leading food and drinks sector. The Department for International Trade team based in Edinburgh is also helping Scottish businesses thrive and grow internationally. Last week, I was delighted to meet the new DIT director for Scotland heading up this team, and I look forward to planning further engagement with her and her team.

[Scott Benton]

Scotland’s businesses will be among the main beneficiaries of the trade deals we have already secured around the world, with our historic agreement with Japan boosting trading opportunities for over 500 Scottish businesses alone. Does my hon. Friend agree with me that we will now be able to use our new status as an independent trading nation to promote the very best that Scottish industries have to offer to the world?

[David Duguid]

I completely agree with my hon. Friend: he is absolutely right. This Government are working hard to strike new trade deals around the world that will benefit key business sectors and consumers across Scotland and across the whole of the UK. We are opening new opportunities for iconic Scottish and British industries to thrive overseas.