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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Oct 2022
UK-India Trade Deal

"Will the Minister please confirm that, during negotiations on this and any other trade deal, vital issues such as human rights, workers’ rights, especially women’s rights, and environmental standards have not only been discussed but that guarantees have been secured, and is he able to share what those guarantees are?..."
Sarah Owen - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Jun 2021
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

"Earlier, the Secretary of State said that people are knocking down the door to do business with Britain, but is not it time we were a bit fussier about who we let through our door, especially when it comes to genocide, forced labour, and people who want to trade with …..."
Sarah Owen - View Speech

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Written Question
Trade Agreements: India
Monday 24th May 2021

Asked by: Sarah Owen (Labour - Luton North)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she had with Cabinet colleagues in (a) April and (b) May 2021 on the potential effect of adding India to the covid-19 red list for travel on the prospects of agreeing a trade deal with the Indian government.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

The decision to add India to the ‘red list’ on 23rd April was made by the Department for Transport under the international traffic light system, using an independent risk assessment methodology developed by the Joint Biosecurity Centre, part of the United Kingdom’s Health Security Agency.