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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Secretary of State please comment on some of the parts of her proposals that are likely to benefit manufacturing and high-tech companies in west Oxfordshire and enable them to export their goods to the United States?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Mar 2020
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"Some of our closest friends and most productive trading relationships have always been in the Commonwealth, and it is time that this was reinvigorated. What are Ministers doing to explore Commonwealth free trade?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2020
UK-US Trade Deal

"Free trade is the greatest driver of global prosperity that the world has ever seen. Would the Secretary of State agree that in addition to the prospect of lowering prices for UK consumers, the high-tech businesses of west Oxfordshire can look forward to this massive global market being open to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. What steps he is taking to promote free trade and WTO reform. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Free trade has the ability to spread the blessings of prosperity and to bring nations closer together. What is my right hon. Friend doing to spread free trade, particularly with our friends in the Commonwealth and the Anglophone countries?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"It is an honour to speak for a brief few minutes in this historic debate, and an honour to follow the passionate speech of the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders).

As someone who has travelled throughout the glorious continent of Europe and can be described as …..."
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Written Question
Treaties: Investment
Thursday 24th May 2018

Asked by: Robert Courts (Conservative - Witney)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many international investment agreements to which the UK is a signatory include protections against expropriations without compensation.

Answered by Greg Hands

The UK is a signatory to over 90 bilateral investment treaties (BITs). The UK is also a party to the plurilateral Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), which has 53 other parties including the EU. The ECT and all of the UK’s BITs currently in force include protections against expropriation without compensation.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Mar 2018
United States Tariffs: Steel and Aluminium

"What representations has my right hon. Friend made to China with regard to tackling the global overcapacity of steel?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jul 2017
Export Licensing: High Court Judgment

"Will my right hon. Friend please tell the House whether, in his view, the High Court had before it all the information it needed to reach the judgment that has been handed down today?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jul 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"T3. As well as an economic opportunity, there is a moral opportunity in trade with the developing world. Will the Secretary of State please tell the House what steps he is taking to support trade with developing countries?..."
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