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Written Question
Trade Agreements: Females
Wednesday 27th April 2022

Asked by: Anum Qaisar (Scottish National Party - Airdrie and Shotts)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which UK free trade agreements support women's rights and gender equality.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

Promoting gender equality and women’s economic empowerment is central to the Government’s ‘Modernising Trade’ agenda and features explicitly in UK negotiation objectives.

We are using our FTAs to open new opportunities for women. We have already secured dedicated chapters with Japan, Australia, and New Zealand as well as important additional commitments across these agreements.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Trade rules are so often rigged against women, especially women living in lower income countries. Will the Department commit to carry out mandatory gender impact assessments on all future UK trade deals in order to promote greater gender-just trade?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 20 Jan 2022
UK-Israel Trade Negotiations

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I congratulate the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) on securing this debate. He brought a significant amount of knowledge to the House. The hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) spoke passionately, as he always does. The hon. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Jun 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" Rouzan, a medic, and Yasin, aged nine—those are only two names of the many children and frontline medics who have been killed during systematic oppression of the Palestinian people by the Israeli Government. Export licences to sell arms to Israel worth £80 million—£80 million—have been granted by Ministers in …..."
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