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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Apr 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"11. What steps she is taking to help increase exports of UK steel. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Apr 2022
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"I am glad that it took only four years. May I, as the trade rapporteur for the Council of Europe, turn the Secretary of State’s attention to EU carbon border taxes? Does she agree that they will help boost UK exports to countries that export steel manufactured products to the …..."
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Written Question
Department for International Trade: Social Media
Friday 11th March 2022

Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent in total on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 as of 28 February 2022; and on which platforms that money was spent.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

Publicly available transparency data on departmental spend over £25,000 is published on a monthly basis and can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dit-spending-over-25000-january-2021.

Written Question
Trade Agreements: Environment Protection
Monday 25th October 2021

Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her policy is on (a) the prioritisation of (i) economic growth and (ii) environmental protections and (b) conceding environmental safeguards in the event that the other country demands it when negotiating trade agreements.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

HM Government is clear that more trade doesn’t have to come at the expense of the environment. Future trade agreements must work for UK consumers and businesses while maintaining our high environmental standards – and we will not compromise on this.

Therefore, we have agreed ambitious environmental chapters with both Australia, and now New Zealand, which preserve our right to regulate to meet net zero, affirm our shared commitment to the Paris Agreement and seek to cooperate on a range of environmental issues.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 21 Jul 2021
Trade and Agriculture Commission: Role in International Trade Deals

"I am very pleased to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Bardell. As you know, I have been involved in the Council of Europe as a trade rapporteur. I am also a member of the EFRA Committee. I very much welcome everything that the hon. Member for Penrith and The Border …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Jul 2021
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"China now produces 28% of carbon emissions—more than the US and the EU combined—with more than half the world’s coal-fired power stations and a third more planned. To stop carbon-intensive Chinese products such as steel displacing greener alternatives, will the Secretary of State ensure that with the G7, at COP26 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jun 2021
Protecting Britain’s Steel Industry

"We cannot allow cheap carbon-intensive steel from China to destroy our steel industry and our planet. Over half the steel in the world is now produced by China—the amount has doubled in the last 20 years—and we face a climate catastrophe. British steel uses 50% less carbon, and we have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Jun 2021
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" What recent discussions she has had with UK trade partners on inserting clauses on human rights in future trade deals. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Jun 2021
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"Happy birthday, Mr Speaker. The English-speaking population in Cameroon faces mass killings, atrocities and torture. As we have heard, the US has now invoked trade sanctions, but the UK has signed a trade deal without parliamentary approval. So can I ask: has the EU’s essential rights clause now been removed …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Apr 2021
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" Sixty per cent. of Wales’s exports have been to the EU and steel is of great importance. Given that the Government’s own Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts showed that the Brexit deal would lead to a 4% reduction in our GDP, and given that they are removing the safeguards …..."
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