Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent progress she has made in the negotiations for a free trade agreement with the Government of India; and if she will make a statement.

The UK and India concluded the fifth round of negotiations on 29 July. The former Secretary of State wrote to chairs of the International Trade Committee and International Agreements Committee on the 10^th August with an update and the correspondence have been placed in the House libraries.

Government updated on progress in a statement, which can be found here. Both sides have been in intensive negotiations over the summer with the aim of concluding the majority of talks later this year.

We continue to make good progress delivering a comprehensive free trade agreement.