Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to review the trade preferences which initially qualify under the new Enhanced Framework to ensure that the Government offers preferential trading arrangements only to countries that comply with their obligations under international human rights law.

Countries currently in the European Union’s GSP+ tier will receive the same level of market access to the United Kingdom under our Enhanced Framework from 1^st January 2021.

Receipt of trade preferences under our Enhanced Framework will be subject to conditions, similar to those under the EU’s GSP+. These include ratifying and effectively implementing the same 27 conventions and complying with those conventions’ reporting and monitoring requirements.