Agricultural Products: Trade Agreements
(asked on 19th December 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to exclude agriculture from future trade deals.
Answered by
Earl of Courtown
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 7th January 2020
In negotiating free trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU, the Government will pursue an agenda that will deliver prosperity for the whole of the UK. Mandates for future negotiations are still under consideration and the Government will publish its negotiating objectives in due course. The Government has committed that the NHS will not be on the table in any trade agreement.