Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of UK trade agreements with developing countries on the economies of those countries after the UK leaves the EU.

Britain is an international leader on development, and the Department for International Trade is working with Department for International Development to ensure global prosperity is at the heart of our future trade policy.

We are committed to ensuring developing countries can use trade as an engine of poverty reduction, and trade agreements play an important role in this.

In 2016, the UK's total bilateral trade with countries that receive preferential access through unilateral preferences or Economic Partnership Agreements was £58bn.

Our first priority is to deliver continuity in our trading arrangements on leaving the EU.

In the future, the Government will also explore options to expand our relationships with developing countries.