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Written Question
Trade Agreements
Thursday 14th March 2019

Asked by: Kevin Foster (Conservative - Torbay)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

What progress his Department has made on proposals for the scrutiny of future free trade agreements.

Answered by George Hollingbery

  • On 28 February we published further proposals on transparency and scrutiny of FTAs. We confirmed we will publish our approach to negotiations, including objectives and initial economic analysis, and progress reports after each negotiating round.

  • We announced our intention to work closely with a parliamentary committee to put in place measures to ensure effective parliamentary scrutiny throughout the process.
Written Question
Whales: Iceland
Tuesday 12th December 2017

Asked by: Kevin Foster (Conservative - Torbay)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make it his policy to seek the cessation of Icelandic whaling as part of any future trade negotiations with Iceland.

Answered by Greg Hands

The UK has long supported the promotion of our values globally and this will continue as we leave the EU. The UK government’s position on the hunting of cetaceans is clear; we remain strongly opposed to it and strongly support the global moratorium on commercial whaling. We have committed publically on a number of occasions to raising the UK’s opposition to whaling with the relevant nations at every appropriate opportunity. We are exploring all options in the design of future bilateral trade and investment agreements and we want to ensure economic growth and environmental protection go hand-in-hand.