Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential environmental impact of the trade agreements with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand.

The Government recognises the importance of assessing the environmental impacts of new free trade agreements (FTAs) and published the full environmental impacts of the Australia and New Zealand FTAs at signature alongside the negotiated treaty text. Our assessment covers a range of environmental impacts such as emissions (both production and transport), carbon leakage, deforestation and biodiversity.

The published impact assessments can be accessed through the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-australia-fta-impact-assessment

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-new-zealand-fta-impact-assessment