"8. What recent discussions she has had with UK trade partners on inserting clauses on environmental standards into future trade deals. ..." Stephen Morgan - View Speech
"Last week, a leaked document drawn up by departmental officials revealed that it was the Government’s policy to prioritise economic growth over climate protection in the UK’s trade deals. If the Minister says that is not a true reflection of the Department’s negotiating priorities, can she explain why it was …..." Stephen Morgan - View Speech
"Will the Department agree to consider evidence gathered by the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry into carbon border taxes or, better still, initiate an inquiry of its own?..." Stephen Morgan - View Speech
"What recent discussions she has had with UK trade partners on inserting clauses on human rights into future trade deals. ..." Stephen Morgan - View Speech
"Successive UK Governments have believed in the principle that new trade treaties should contain essential human rights clauses. That makes the whole of the treaty conditional on the commitments relating to human rights. Will the Minister confirm whether that principle remains under his Government or whether it has disappeared, along …..." Stephen Morgan - View Speech
"Labour has backed an intellectual property waiver on vaccines to help with the pandemic in the poorest countries. The US agrees, as do the majority of world leaders, but the UK remains steadfastly against the plan. With the G7 giving us the opportunity for breakthrough this weekend, will the Secretary …..." Stephen Morgan - View Speech
"What discussions she has had with UK trade partners on maintaining environmental protection standards in future free trade agreements. ..." Stephen Morgan - View Speech
"There is no point in the UK achieving our own zero-carbon targets if the trade deals we reach with other countries are pushing them ever further away from achieving theirs. Can the Secretary of State ensure that all future FTAs agreed by the UK reinforce the legal primacy of emission …..." Stephen Morgan - View Speech