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date	15/07/2022
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: Human Rights and Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of (a) the human rights records and (b) any potential reports of religious persecution in countries with which the UK is pursuing a trade agreement before entering negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	37607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2022 answer text <p>The UK assesses and considers appropriate action in response to egregious human rights violations and abuses globally, and this goes much wider than considering trade alone, drawing on the wider tools and levers at our disposal.</p><p> </p><p>Our strong economic relationships with trading partners allow the Government to have open discussions on a range of difficult issues, including human rights and religious freedom.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/08/2022 14:30:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

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registered interest
date	25/02/2021
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: Parliamentary Scrutiny
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to ensure parliamentary scrutiny of UK trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	912451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government applies appropriate transparency and scrutiny procedures. For new free trade agreements with the United States, Australia, New Zealand and UK’s proposed accession to CPTTP, the Government applies enhanced transparency and scrutiny arrangements. Parliament can prevent ratification of any free trade agreement through the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act procedure, and by rejecting any necessary implementing legislation.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/02/2021 14:13:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson