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Patrick Grady Excerpts
Thursday 19th November 2020

(3 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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I thank my hon. Friend for his invitation to the Board of Trade. It is likely that our next meeting will be held in Northern Ireland, but I will certainly be looking to Workington for a future meeting to see the fantastic work being done in advanced manufacturing.

Patrick Grady Portrait Patrick Grady (Glasgow North) (SNP)
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Despite the right hon. Lady’s bluster earlier, we all know that the Prime Minister’s preferred candidate has decisively lost the US presidential election. Give that the Obama Administration’s position was that Brexit would put the UK at the back of the queue for a US trade deal, where does she think the UK stands in that queue now?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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Given that the Scottish National party voted for even fewer trade deals than the Labour party, and are even more anti-trade than the Labour party, I am delighted to hear that there seems to be some kind of turnaround and that under a Biden Administration, the hon. Gentleman will back a US trade deal.