Trade Deals and Fair Trade
Debate between Graham Stringer and Preet Kaur Gill(4 years, 9 months ago)
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Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab/Co-op)
My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and I congratulate him on securing this debate. Does he agree that the current avenues for public and parliamentary scrutiny of future trade deals are not fit for purpose; that the Government must be transparent about their negotiating priorities to ensure that social and environmental protections are adequate; and that they must provide scope for genuine parliamentary debate and influence in any and all trade deals?
Graham Stringer (in the Chair)
Order. Can I just say to the hon. Lady that it is normally good practice to not intervene on a speech when you have not heard the beginning of it? The hon. Gentleman gave way, so I allowed the hon. Lady to speak, but it is not good practice to come in midway through a speech and intervene.