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registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what consultations they are carrying out with (1) local authorities, and (2) the food sector, over trade talks with the government of the United States; and what plans they have to respond to the call by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health on 21 May for such talks to be slowed down "as many of the relevant stakeholders and food organisations are busy helping their communities get through the COVID-19 crisis".
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL5203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a transparent trade policy and will continue engaging with stakeholders, including the food and drinks industry, throughout negotiations.</p><p>Our Strategic Trade Advisory Group (STAG) and Expert Trade Advisory Groups (ETAGs), including a dedicated Agri Food ETAG set up jointly with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, regularly discuss the proposed UK-US Free Trade Agreement.</p><p>Our trade talks with the US have been based on our negotiating objectives, published on 2 March 2020. The public consultation supporting these objectives was one of the largest in UK Government’s history, receiving nearly 160,000 responses.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel grouped question UIN HL5006 question first answered 16/06/2020 16:17:49 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1200332

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that their policies of ensuring clear labelling of food to support people to make informed healthy choices, enabled by using food labelling to avoid foods high in sugar, salt, and fat, are not compromised by any trade agreement reached with the government of the United States.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL5204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been very clear that any future trade deals must work for UK consumers, not compromising on our standards. The Government will continue to support healthy choices through clear labelling, while respecting our WTO obligations to ensure that technical regulations do not create unnecessary obstacles to international trade.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 17/06/2020 10:55:30 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1200333

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to maintain food safety standards in the course of their negotiations for a trade agreement with the government of the United States; and what plans they have (1) to ban food washed with chlorine, and (2) to ensure that people are protected from food-borne illnesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL5205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK will decide how we set and maintain our own standards and regulations and we have been clear that we will not compromise on our high environmental, food safety and animal welfare standards now that we have left the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>Any future deal with the US must work for UK consumers, farmers and companies. Without exception, imports into the UK will meet our stringent food safety standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 17/06/2020 10:55:53 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1200334

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect (1) animal welfare, and (2) environmental, standards in their negotiations with the government of the United States for a trade agreement; what assessment they have made of the impact that imports of food from the US may have on the working practices of UK livestock farmers; and what plans they have to ban such imports.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL5206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK will decide how we set and maintain our own standards and regulations and we will not compromise on our high standards of food safety and animal welfare.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s food regulators will continue to provide independent advice to ensure that all food imports into the UK comply with those high safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>Any future deal with the US must work for UK consumers, farmers and companies. Without exception, imports into the UK will meet our stringent food safety standards.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 17/06/2020 10:56:42 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

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registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) local authorities, and (2) the food sector, about trade talks with the US; what assessment they have made the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health's call to slow down trade talks with the US to allow for proper consultation with (a) relevant stakeholders, and (b) food organisations, that are currently occupied with supporting communities to get through the COVID-19 crisis.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL5006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a transparent trade policy and will continue engaging with stakeholders, including the food and drinks industry, throughout negotiations.</p><p>Our Strategic Trade Advisory Group (STAG) and Expert Trade Advisory Groups (ETAGs), including a dedicated Agri Food ETAG set up jointly with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, regularly discuss the proposed UK-US Free Trade Agreement.</p><p>Our trade talks with the US have been based on our negotiating objectives, published on 2 March 2020. The public consultation supporting these objectives was one of the largest in UK Government’s history, receiving nearly 160,000 responses.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel grouped question UIN HL5203 question first answered 16/06/2020 16:17:49 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1193953

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government with which countries they (1) have made trade agreements since 1 January, and (2) are currently engaged in trade negotiations.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL4145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>HM Government launched negotiations on a new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United Kingdom and the United States of America on 5th May 2020. We plan to launch negotiations with Japan this month and with Australia and New Zealand shortly after. We also continue to work to secure continuity agreements with all remaining countries that had a trade agreement with the EU on 31st January 2020. To date, HM Government has signed 20 agreements with 48 countries.</p><p>Agreements Signed to Date:</p><p>• Switzerland<br>• Liechtenstein <br>• Iceland, Norway <br>• Israel <br>• the Palestinian Authority <br>• Chile <br>• the Faroe Islands <br>• Eastern and Southern Africa states (Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe) <br>• The Pacific states (Fiji and Papua New Guinea) <br>• A series of CARIFORUM countries (Barbados, Belize, The Commonwealth of Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, The Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago) <br>• Andean countries (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) <br>• Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) <br>• South Korea <br>• Lebanon<br>• Tunisia <br>• SACU+M <br>• Georgia <br>• Morocco<br>• Jordan <br>• Kosovo</p><p>Agreements yet to be Signed</p><p>• Algeria<br>• Albania<br>• Bosnia and Herzigovina<br>• Cameroon<br>• Canada<br>• Cote d’Ivoire<br>• East African Community (EAC)<br>• Egypt<br>• Ghana<br>• Mexico<br>• Moldova<br>• Montenegro<br>• North Macedonia<br>• Serbia<br>• Singapore<br>• Ukraine</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 20/05/2020 13:12:03 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham