Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"I do not know whether the Secretary of State saw the alarming report in yesterday’s Financial Times on the impact on the Amazonian rain forest of the EU-Mercosur trade deal. Of course free trade is a good thing, but not if the cost is climate change. Does he agree?..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"10. What steps she is taking to ensure that businesses offer employees their legal right to request flexible working. ..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"Women who work at Asda in Bishop Auckland and Spennymoor, and indeed across the whole country, are currently facing dismissal if they do not accept a new contract that would end the flexibility they currently have. In view of the helpful answer that the Minister has given, will she join …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 10th June 2019
Asked by:
Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he plans to lay before the House the UK's trade agreement with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Answered by George Hollingbery
Pending the completion of the necessary internal procedures, the UK-Andean Countries Trade Agreement will shortly be laid before Parliament to be scrutinised for 21 sitting days, as set out in the in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaG) 2010. The Agreement will be accompanied by both a Parliamentary Report and an Explanatory Memorandum.
Written Question
Monday 25th February 2019
Asked by:
Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that guarantees on human rights form part of future trade negotiations with the Government of Hong Kong after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by George Hollingbery
The U.K. agreed a Strategic Dialogue with Hong Kong in 2017. As part of this, we are exploring with HK a range of ambitious options for our future trade relationship.
The UK has long supported the promotion of our values globally and this will continue as we leave the EU. We are committed to upholding the UK’s high standards and we are exploring all options in the design of future trade and investment agreements, including possible human rights provisions.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Feb 2019
Future Free Trade Agreements
"Taking the Secretary of State back to Honda’s decision earlier this week, the company said that one of its reasons for disinvesting from the UK was the new EU-Japan free trade agreement. Britain was fully involved in the negotiating of that agreement, so did the Secretary of State’s officials get …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Feb 2019
Future Free Trade Agreements
"We would like to stay in the customs union because we export a lot to Europe. That is the simple answer to the Secretary of State. However, the question that I am trying to put to him is about what he, his officials and his Ministers did to prevent an …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Feb 2019
Future Free Trade Agreements
"Will my right hon. Friend give way?..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Feb 2019
Future Free Trade Agreements
"I am grateful; my hon. Friend is making an exceptionally important point. I have had the ceramics industry in touch with me because I have a brick factory, Wienerberger, in my constituency. Zero tariffs would also be catastrophic for farmers. Does he not agree that if the Secretary of State …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Feb 2019
EU Trade Agreements: Replication
"The fundamental point made by both the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr Djanogly) and the Father of the House was that the balance of power shifts when we are no longer a member of the EU. This is illustrated by the fact that one of the first agreements that the …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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