Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Nov 2022
Australia and New Zealand Trade Deals
"Further to the intervention from the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn), I have here a copy of “Y Tir”, the monthly publication of the Farmers Union of Wales, which states:
“There will always be winners and losers when it comes to negotiating liberalised free trade agreements, and …..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Nov 2022
Australia and New Zealand Trade Deals
"Some farmers are very concerned about the procurement aspects of the deals, which will allow producers from Australia and New Zealand to compete for UK procurement deals. UK producers, however, are unable to compete in Australia and New Zealand, likely because of the economies of scale challenges...."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Trade Deals: Parliamentary Scrutiny
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott, I believe for the first time. I congratulate the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on securing this debate.
Much of the political energy of this generation of politicians has been consumed by the fallout from the Brexit referendum …..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Trade Deals: Parliamentary Scrutiny
"Diolch, Ms Elliott. I believe I was about to make the point that the International Trade Committee should have a stronger role during negotiations.
On another visit to Washington with an all-party group to investigate the transatlantic trade and investment partnership between the US and the EU, I recall a …..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
"In evidence to the Senedd’s Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, the Welsh Government, the farming unions and the Welsh Local Government Association expressed concern that there was no published data about the impact on specific Welsh economic sectors and subsectors. Will the British Government publish that data—they must have …..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
"I am glad there has been some progress. My understanding is that the Welsh Government were calling for concurrent-plus powers; have those been conceded by the UK Government?..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
"Is the right hon. Member aware of the article run by Politico in July indicating that the new Prime Minister was warned by her officials that the trade deals that she was negotiating with Australia and New Zealand would negatively impact on UK farmers?..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 18th March 2022
Asked by:
Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2022 to Question 132234, for what reason sheep meat imports under the terms of the trade deal with Australia measured in product weight whilst sheep meat imports under the terms of the New Zealand trade deal are measured in carcass weight.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
All trade deals are bespoke. The variations in product treatments across the Australia and New Zealand agreements are the product of separate negotiated outcomes. The final signed deals reflect balanced outcomes which include protections to address any UK industry concerns.
Written Question
Thursday 10th March 2022
Asked by:
Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether meat imports tonnage restrictions included in the trade deals with Australia and New Zealand are based on carcass or deboned weight.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
All UK meat imports under the UK-Australia deal will be measured in product weight – this is the weight of the final shipped product and is irrespective of the type of cut (meaning it could be a carcass or deboned).
For the New Zealand FTA, all meat imports except for sheep meat will also be measured in product weight. Imports of sheep meat will be measured using carcass weight equivalent. This means sheep meat products will be measured in terms of the whole carcass, rather than the final deboned cut of meat (i.e. the final shipped product weight).
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Oct 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"6. What recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on her Department’s ongoing trade negotiations. ..."Jonathan Edwards - View Speech
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