Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to reduce barriers to global trade for British businesses.

The Government has an ambitious programme to reduce barriers to global trade for British businesses. Our work on market access focuses on removing regulatory barriers and other impediments to trade globally. As a result, we fully or partially resolved 217 trade barriers across 74 countries in 2020-21, up 20% from 2019-20. We are opening up markets through bilateral trade agreements. We have so far secured trade agreements with 70 countries, plus the EU, covering trade worth £766 billion last year, delivering benefits for communities across the country.