Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Joanna Cherry and Greg Hands

Thursday 22nd February 2018 Commons Chamber

[Greg Hands]

The Prime Minister’s first bilateral trade visit in November 2016 was to India, accompanied by the Secretary of State and myself. We have recently completed a trade audit with India that looks at all the barriers. India is at times a difficult market for British exporters to crack. We have a lot of advantages in doing business there, and the trade audit and the joint economic trade committee talks led by the Secretary of State last month are taking us in the right direction.

[Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West) (SNP)]

5. What recent assessment he has made of the effect on UK trade of the UK leaving the EU single market and the customs union.