Strategic Trade Advisory Group and Trade Union Advisory Group

(asked on 16th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the terms of reference for her Department's (a) new Trade Union Advisory Group and (b) expanded Strategic Trade Advisory Group, announced on 16 October 2020.


Answered by
Ranil Jayawardena Portrait
Ranil Jayawardena
This question was answered on 21st October 2020

Membership of the expanded Strategic Trade Advisory Group (STAG) and current members of the new Trade Union advisory group were published on GOV.UK on 16th October.

Terms of reference are for the members themselves, but agendas and summaries of STAG meetings will be made public. The Rt Hon. Lady will appreciate that confidentiality agreements facilitate sensitive discussions by creating a secure framework for sharing privileged information with external stakeholders. Whilst signing a confidentiality agreement is a prerequisite for becoming a member of the STAG, it is not a prerequisite for becoming a member of the Trade Union advisory group. For the avoidance of doubt, being party to a confidentiality agreement does not prevent anyone from discussing general trade policy matters with others.

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