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Written Question
Trade Agreements: India
Thursday 25th February 2021

Asked by: Bob Stewart (Conservative - Beckenham)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether Gibraltar will be included in a future trade agreement with India.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

In all trade deals, HM Government will be seeking trade outcomes that support British Overseas Territories’ economic interests, and which reflect their unique characteristics.

Trade and investment between the United Kingdom and India was worth £48 billion in 2019 and we are developing an even more ambitious relationship. We have committed to an Enhanced Trade Partnership with India, through which both sides are working to bring down trade barriers, open up opportunities for trade and investment, and chart the roadmap towards a potential Free Trade Agreement.

Written Question
Trade Agreements: Gibraltar
Monday 19th October 2020

Asked by: Bob Stewart (Conservative - Beckenham)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress she has made in ensuring that Gibraltar is subject to the same arrangements as the UK in future trade deals.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

HM Government is seeking trade outcomes that support all Overseas Territories' economic interests, and which reflect their unique characteristics.

Of course, our Overseas Territories have varied interests and may not always want to take on the obligations of an entire free trade agreement.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jul 2020
Sale of Arms: War in Yemen

"I have great affection for Yemen, having lived there for three years, so after the last massacre of innocents, I managed to get myself to Riyadh and went to the combined air operations centre to examine exactly what was going on. I have to say, having spoken to the air …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Global Britain

"I would like to compliment everyone who has made a maiden speech today, particularly my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South West (Stuart Anderson). His was a particularly good speech until he mentioned the Royal Green Jackets being the best regiment in the Army, at which point I started …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Global Britain

"I am not going to argue with my hon. Friend about the semantics, because I agree with him. There is a level below the superpower of which we are most definitely a member.

I firmly believe that our participation in the United Nations really helps us to have influence in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Global Britain

"I have not been there yet, but I am coming. It is people like my hon. Friend who go and represent us at the Security Council. Let us give as much support as we can to the United Nations, and by doing that, I bet we will get much more …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Global Britain

"On soft influence, when my hon. Friend and I, and other hon. Members, go abroad, perhaps in uniform, we are very well received in large parts of the world. One very important instrument for our soft influence is using our military academies to educate people, particularly from the middle east, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Jun 2018
EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement

"I assume that the hon. Gentleman is saying that his party is fully supportive of and enthusiastic about this deal...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Mar 2018
United States Tariffs: Steel and Aluminium

"When my right hon. Friend travels to Washington later this week, will he be accompanied by representatives from Brussels? Obviously, we are still an EU member and cannot act unilaterally—yet...."
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