Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to include commitments to (a) Paris Agreement temperature goals and (b) a hierarchy clause regarding Multilateral Environmental Agreements in the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement.

The UK is seeking an ambitious trade agreement with New Zealand, including a comprehensive environment chapter which supports climate ambition, and provisions which maintain the UK’s and New Zealand’s right to regulate for environment and climate change purposes.

The UK expects the agreement to set new precedent on a range of climate and environment issues, and establish a clear basis upon which the UK and New Zealand can cooperate to ensure trade and environment policies are mutually supportive.

Negotiations are still live and so it would be inappropriate at this stage to disclose the details of individual articles of text.