Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for free trade discussions with Canada.

Canada is a close ally and valued partner of the UK, with trade underpinned by our existing trade agreement worth around £28 billion in 2024.

As agreed between our Prime Ministers at the G7, the UK and Canada have established a new Working Group to deepen the bilateral trading relationship further. This includes seeking to address existing market access barriers affecting bilateral UK-Canada trade and expanding existing arrangements.

The working group will begin meeting in the months ahead and report back to both Prime Ministers in December.