Prime Minister’s Visit to India

Joanna Cherry Excerpts
Tuesday 26th April 2022

(2 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Subject to being on the Order Paper and being taken, I must admit, because otherwise everybody will think they have an entitlement.

Joanna Cherry Portrait Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West) (SNP)
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While the Prime Minister was away in India, the London School of Economics published research showing that our trading relationships with the EU have plummeted by one third since the Prime Minister signed that trade deal and it came into effect. Will the Minister tell the Prime Minister when she sees him after this UQ that no free trade deal he could ever achieve with India will replace the damage done to Britain’s international trade by Brexit?

Vicky Ford Portrait Vicky Ford
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I know the Prime Minister keeps a close eye on trade and economic numbers and on the prosperity of this country at a very difficult time for world prosperity.