Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Laurence Robertson and Penny Mordaunt

Wednesday 4th July 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con)]

T3. I know through personal experience the good work DFID does with the Foreign Office in promoting trade with developing countries. Will the Secretary of State continue to work with the Foreign Office to make sure we offer better trade deals to developing countries, particularly those in Africa, than they currently have with the European Union?

[Penny Mordaunt]

As I said, leaving the EU affords us the opportunity to develop our own trading deals with those nations. We work incredibly closely with the Foreign Office, including through our ministerial teams coming together once a week to discuss these matters.