Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what priority they are giving to negotiating economic partnership agreements with Commonwealth countries.
We are committed to working with our friends and allies in the Commonwealth to remove unnecessary barriers to free and fair trade.
The UK already has trade deals with 33 Commonwealth members. In addition, a further 15 Commonwealth members who qualify as developing countries benefit from reduced tariffs under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences.