Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the role of trade policy in helping to tackle climate change.

We are supporting climate change objectives by using trade policy to facilitate the uptake and spread of low carbon goods and services, addressing market distorting practices, reaffirming the United Kingdom’s sovereign right to regulate and driving cooperation on trade and climate change issues through international forums.

Close engagement and collaboration with all Devolved Administrations across the United Kingdom is important, including on environmental chapters and clauses. The Welsh Government is able to feed into trade negotiations at every stage of the process, and their contribution has directly shaped the development of British trade policy.