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Written Question
Trade Agreements: Australia and Canada
Monday 5th October 2020

Asked by: Sarah Atherton (Conservative - Wrexham)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to ensure that potential future trade agreements with (a) Canada and (b) Australia make provision for British nationals living in those Commonwealth countries to have their state pensions uprated in line with inflation.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

There have been no discussions between the Secretary of State for International Trade and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on this point, as state pensions are not in scope for our trade agreement negotiations with Australia and Canada.