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Debate between Elizabeth Truss and Navendu Mishra
Thursday 3rd September 2020

(4 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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All our decisions about pesticides are of course made in line with the best available science, but I assure my hon. Friend that our agri-food trade advisory group will absolutely look to make sure that our farmers are not disadvantaged in trade negotiations.

Navendu Mishra Portrait Navendu Mishra (Stockport) (Lab)
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Front Line Defenders published a report in 2019 that detailed the firings, torture and trials in military courts of trade unionists and workers who organised strikes in Egypt. Will the Minister assure us that the Government will not sign a trade deal with the Egyptian Government unless they agree to respect the right to form unions and the right to take industrial action?