Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to maintain UK market access for poorer countries, in trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU.

The UK recognises the need for a smooth transition in our trade arrangements on leaving the EU, including with developing countries. That is why legislation has been introduced that will allow the UK to mirror the preferential access developing countries currently receive to the UK market. We will also seek to replicate the EU's Economic Partnership Agreements with African, Pacific and Caribbean countries.