CPTPP: Conclusion of Negotiations

Debate between Eleanor Laing and Paul Bristow

Monday 17th April 2023 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)]

The prize for patience and perseverance goes to Paul Bristow.

[Paul Bristow (Peterborough) (Con)]

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I remind the House that I serve as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. CPTPP will bring the UK into an exclusive global free trade bloc with Canada, Australia and New Zealand, on top of individual trade agreements of varying depth with each country. Free trade co-ordination between Canada, Australia and New Zealand and the UK is one of the three key aims of the CANZUK campaign. Does the Minister agree that this alliance is another step closer to what is, I believe, the desirable outcome of stronger economic, diplomatic and cultural ties between all CANZUK countries?

Covid-19 Update

Debate between Eleanor Laing and Paul Bristow

Tuesday 9th February 2021 Commons Chamber

[Paul Bristow (Peterborough) (Con) [V]]

The ministerial team and our NHS have done a phenomenal job of vaccinating our most vulnerable and our frontline health and social care workers, but my right hon. Friend—

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)]

Order. We have had that bit. We just need the question.

[Paul Bristow]

My right hon. Friend will be aware that autistic people and those with learning disabilities are vulnerable to covid-19, with a death rate 4.1 times higher than the general population. Will the Secretary of State use his influence to make sure that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation properly considers the right time for autistic people to be prioritised for vaccination?