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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1109162/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Discussions with potential trading partners on future bilateral trade agreements have focussed on building a shared understanding of both countries\u2019 ambitions for future trading arrangements. The subject of frozen state pensions has not formed part of our trade discussions with potential trading partners. This policy area is primarily a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with potential trading partners on uprating the pensions of UK pensioners living in frozen countries as part of any new trade agreement after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/474", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Nigel Evans"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1108734", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1108734/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>On 28 February we published further proposals on transparency and scrutiny of FTAs. During negotiations for future free trade agreements we will publish and lay before Parliament a Round Report following each substantive round of negotiations. This Round Report will also be published online in an accessible format. We will also publish an Annual Trade Report covering progress across the full programme of negotiations. We announced our intention to work closely with a parliamentary committee to put in place measures to ensure effective parliamentary scrutiny throughout the process.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Alongside our regular engagement with stakeholders, we have set up the Strategic Trade Advisory Group, which was recently announced. Another formal engagement mechanism we are setting up is Expert Trade Advisory Groups. Both of these mechanisms are designed to seek expert insight on strategic trade policy issues, including future trade agreements. These groups will represent a variety of interests, including representatives of trade unions and NGOs.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4016", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Hollingbery"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-04-05T09:10:01.553Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to ensure that (a) hon. Members, (b) NGOs and (c) Trade Unions are able to fully scrutinise future potential trade deals.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4667", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mike Amesbury"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Weaver Vale"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mike Amesbury"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1105030", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1105030/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The best way to provide continuity and stability in our global trading relationships is to have a deal with the European Union so that the UK can remain covered by all existing trade agreements during the Implementation Period. After this we will seek to bring into force bilateral agreements that replicate the effects of existing agreements as far as possible.<\/p><p>Nevertheless, the Government is working to have bilateral agreements in place ready for when we need them, whether that is in the event of no deal, or after the proposed implementation period. The Government has signed trade continuity agreements with Chile, the Faroe Islands, the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) trade bloc, Switzerland, Israel, Palestinian Authority, Pacific states and CARIFORUM countries. We expect these to be in place by exit day, even in the event of a no deal. This list is kept up to date on Gov.uk (<a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/signed-uk-trade-agreements-transitioned-from-the-eu\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a>) as we continue to sign trade continuity agreements. The Government has also initialled an agreement with EEA countries Iceland and Norway. This is expected to be signed shortly. Liechtenstein is covered under an additional agreement to the UK-Switzerland Trade Agreement.<\/p>"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Hollingbery"}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-03-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade deals have been rolled over in time for the UK leaving the EU; and what estimate he has made of the number of trade deals that will be rolled over one year after the UK has left the EU.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1447", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Rosindell"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Rosindell"}
      ], "uin" : "236351"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1088610", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1088610/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<ul><li>On 28 February we published further proposals on transparency and scrutiny of FTAs. We confirmed we will publish our approach to negotiations, including objectives and initial economic analysis, and progress reports after each negotiating round.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><ul><li>We announced our intention to work closely with a parliamentary committee to put in place measures to ensure effective parliamentary scrutiny throughout the process.<\/li><\/ul>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4016", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Hollingbery"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-03-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-03-14T14:51:03.097Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-03-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Trade Agreements"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "What progress his Department has made on proposals for the scrutiny of future free trade agreements.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4451", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kevin Foster"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Torbay"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kevin Foster"}
      ], "uin" : "909811"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1087102", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1087102/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Our priority is securing a deal with the European Union as this will avoid disruption to our global trading relationships. However, we must prepare for all eventualities.<\/p><p>The Government has published advice to businesses on trade continuity in a no deal, including a highly cautious list of those agreements that will not be in place, in order that businesses and individuals ensure that they are prepared for every eventuality.<\/p><p>Should replacement agreements not be ready in time for 29 March 2019, the Government is considering a range of options to ensure that its continuity agreements can be brought into force as soon as possible.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4016", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Hollingbery"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-03-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-03-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Trade Agreements"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps he has taken to prepare companies that trade with countries under EU free trade agreements (FTA) where the provisions of those FTAs have not been replicated.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4253", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Seema Malhotra"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Feltham and Heston"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Seema Malhotra"}
      ], "uin" : "231476"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1087245", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1087245/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>When we leave the EU, we will maintain our current domestic levels of protection for consumers, the environment and animal welfare. We will keep our existing UK legislation, and the EU Withdrawal Act will convert EU law into UK law as it applies at the moment of exit.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We are clear that more trade should not come at the expense of the high levels of protection we enjoy in the UK. The UK\u2019s outstanding reputation for quality is what drives demand for UK goods and is key to our long-term prosperity. The government has no intention of harming this reputation.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4016", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Meon Valley"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Hollingbery"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-03-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-03-15T11:46:13.257Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-03-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Trade Agreements"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is the Government's policy to support future trade agreement which will reduce existing (a) consumer, (b) environmental and (c) animal welfare protections.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4125", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine McKinnell"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Catherine McKinnell"}
      ], "uin" : "231461"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1087246", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1087246/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We are currently reviewing our trade and investment policy and are considering a wide range of options in the design of future bilateral trade and investment agreements. We have completed four online public consultations on potential future trade agreement negotiations with the USA, Australia, New Zealand and on the UK Government potentially seeking accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). We are now considering the responses.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4016", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Hollingbery"}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-03-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is his policy to support the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement-style measures in future trade agreements.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4125", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine McKinnell"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Catherine McKinnell"}
      ], "uin" : "231462"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1082541", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1082541/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>I refer the Honourable Friend for Clwyd South to the answer I gave to the Member for Midlothian on 26 February 2019, UIN 224362.<\/p>"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Hollingbery"}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-03-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3956", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Susan Elan Jones"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Clwyd South"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Susan Elan Jones"}
      ], "uin" : "229137"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1078671", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1078671/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The UK has long supported the promotion of our values globally and we are committed to upholding the UK\u2019s high standards as we leave the EU, including on human rights. For our continuity trade agreements, we are seeking to continue the effect of the EU\u2019s current approach. As we move forward to establish our approach for future trade agreements we are continuing to assess options to further our human rights agenda taking account of responses to the Government consultations.<\/p>"}
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        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Hollingbery"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine West"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Catherine West"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1078719", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1078719/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Our priority is to be in a position to begin formal negotiations with key partners after we leave the EU, and to then make progress towards substantive agreements, so long as such agreements work for the whole of the UK. We have consulted on our first four potential free trade agreements (FTAs), with Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). We will publish the Government\u2019s response to these consultations before any negotiations begin.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Trade agreements vary in shape, scope and form, and there is no \u201caverage\u201d timeframe. For example, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada took seven years to negotiate, the China-Switzerland FTA took two, but the USA-Jordan FTA negotiations only four months. The Government is clear that its objective is to negotiate the best possible free trade agreements for the whole of the UK, in the interests of business and consumers. Necessarily, this will take different amounts of time to conclude with different partners.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>While we are looking to forge new agreements, the Government is also seeking continuity for our existing EU trade agreements as we leave the European Union. We have made good progress, signing trade continuity agreements with Switzerland, Chile, the Eastern and Southern African (ESA) states, the Faroe Islands, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority.<\/p><p>We will post details of signed agreements on the Gov.uk website.<\/p>"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Hollingbery"}
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