Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which of the continuity trade agreements under negotiation by her Department since July 2020 have been shared in draft form with members of her Department's (a) Trade and Agriculture Commission and (b) Trade Advisory Groups.

In under two years, HM Government has agreed trade agreements with 51 countries. Our total trade with these countries was worth £144 billion in 2019. As we said in our election manifesto, we have ambitious goals for British trade. In fact, HM Government is seeking to secure free trade agreements with countries that cover 80 per cent of our trade within three years.

Continuity trade agreements simply seek to replicate, as far as is possible, the effects of trade agreements that Britain used when she was in the EU. That’s why these agreements have not been shared in draft form with members of either the Trade and Agriculture Commission or the Trade Advisory Groups, as these groups are focused on Britain’s new trade deals around the world.