Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Martin Vickers and Nigel Mills

Thursday 17th May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con)]

4. What steps his Department has taken to promote the merits of free trade to the public.

[Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con)]

11. What steps his Department has taken to promote the merits of free trade to the public.

[The Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade (Dr Liam Fox)]

The UK champions the opportunities created by free trade. As I said in my lecture at Speaker’s House last month, free trade increases prosperity, stability and, in turn, security. My Department engages businesses and the public to set out the economic and moral case for free trade: better UK jobs, consumer access to high-quality, well-priced goods and services, and lifting people in the developing world out of poverty.