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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Dolphin and Whale Hunting: Faroe Islands

"Yes, they are. We should protect and preserve the ocean, not plunder it; what is in the ocean is certainly not there for the sake of such horrific pastimes. There is a conservation issue, and that is one reason why successive Governments have taken such a firm stance against whaling.

…..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Dolphin and Whale Hunting: Faroe Islands

"I am not sure I would advocate throwing rocks at whales and dolphins—although I suppose there is a good chance they would miss, so it has to be better than the way things are done now. I take the hon. Gentleman’s point: this has evolved into something way beyond the …..."
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Written Question
Visas: Portugal
Thursday 3rd March 2022

Asked by: Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has had discussions with her Portuguese counterpart on a visa agreement for remote workers.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has not had any discussions with her Portuguese counterpart on a visa agreement for remote workers.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jan 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"The national food strategy published last year said that to allow lower environmental and welfare standards in future trade deals would represent

“an extraordinary failure of joined-up thinking”,

yet that seems to be exactly the Government’s approach. As we await the Government’s White Paper in response to the national food …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jan 2022
UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement

"Happy new year, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Australia is the only country in the developed world on WWF’s list of global deforestation hotspots, and beef production is the No. 1 driver of this. In the great barrier reef catchments, 94% of land clearance is linked to it. It is destroying the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Oct 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Sir David Amess was due to ask a question today and I suspect that, as chair of the all-party British-Maldives parliamentary group, he would have reiterated previous questions about support for the very sustainable fishing industry there. As part of the all-party group on small island developing states, which includes …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 21 Jul 2021
Trade and Agriculture Commission: Role in International Trade Deals

"It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Bardell. I congratulate the Chair of the Select Committee, the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish), on securing this debate. I have lost count of the number of times we have debated these issues over the last …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What recent discussions she has had with UK trade partners on inserting clauses on environmental standards into future trade deals. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Thank you for sneaking me in, Mr Speaker.

Today, we heard the devastating news that the Amazon is now a carbon source rather than a carbon sink. With deforestation at a 12-year high, it is emitting more CO2 than it absorbs. Is the Minister following the progress of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" In the national food strategy, which was published today, I note that despite the manifesto pledge in 2019, the Government have still not said what standards they propose to protect or what mechanism they will use to defend those standards in trade negotiations. Is the Minister prepared to do …..."
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