Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she plans to consult the members of her Strategic Trade Advisory Group on the text of relevant chapters of her draft trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand.

The Strategic Trade Advisory Group (STAG) has met twice this year already: on 22^nd February and 26^th April. On both occasions, both the Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) were discussed.

Outside the regular STAG meetings, members of the STAG are invited to updates on trade negotiations regularly. Most recently, a debrief was held following the fourth round of negotiations with New Zealand on 27^th April, where officials updated interested parties and discussed key developments. STAG members were consulted and given an update on 4^th May by officials on the progress made on the United Kingdom-Australia FTA also, following the visit of the Australian Trade Minister to London.