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1693634

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Second Report of the Business and Trade Committee of Session 2023-24 on UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, HC483, published on 19 February 2024, whether a debate will be held on a substantive motion on the UK’s accession to that Partnership before the period the treaty is laid before Parliament under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 concludes on 22 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	16995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to effective scrutiny of its trade agenda and has put in place a comprehensive framework for scrutiny of free trade agreements (FTAs). This includes a commitment to seek to hold a general debate on a new FTA where one is requested by the relevant Select Committee in a timely manner, subject to parliamentary time. The Government's view is that a general debate is the appropriate mechanism for Parliament to debate a new FTA.</p><p> </p><p>The scheduling of parliamentary business is not a matter for the Department for Business and Trade, but the Government is aware of the Business and Trade Committee’s request for a debate.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/03/2024 16:24:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1668591

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what opportunities Parliament had to shape the negotiating mandate of the UK’s proposed accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to transparency, and to ensuring that parliamentarians, UK citizens and businesses have access to the information they need on our trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government undertook a public consultation and published comprehensive information at the start of talks on accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, including our strategic approach and economic scoping assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout negotiations, Ministers and senior officials had consistent dialogue with select committees and we also published six updates in the form of written Ministerial statements to keep Parliament informed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also committed to facilitate requests for a debate on negotiating objectives, subject to available Parliamentary time.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 13/11/2023 18:22:08 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1668592

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with the Leader of the House on making time for a debate on a substantive motion on the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership during the ratification process.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to effective scrutiny of its trade agenda and has put in place a comprehensive framework for scrutiny of free trade agreements (FTAs). This includes a commitment to seek to hold a general debate on a new FTA where one is requested by the relevant Select Committee in a timely manner, subject to parliamentary time. The Government's view is that a general debate is the appropriate mechanism for Parliament to debate a new FTA.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/11/2023 15:55:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1661265

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department sought a side letter similar to those agreed with the Governments of Australia and New Zealand to disapply investor–state dispute settlement provisions under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership during accession negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	199857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>In seeking accession to CPTPP, the UK committed to the existing standards of this agreement, including its provisions on investor protections backed by a modern and transparent investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism. These features balance the need to protect UK investors accessing and operating in CPTPP markets and to ensure that the Government can regulate in the public interest. In light of our investment relationship with Australia and New Zealand, we agreed side letters confirming that it was not necessary to have ISDS provisions between our countries in CPTPP.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/10/2023 09:36:41 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1661266

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's publication entitled UK-Canada Free Trade Agreement: The UK’s Strategic Approach, published 24 March 2022, for what reason does the UK's strategic approach (a) include an ambition to ensure the agreement does not contain an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism and (b) not commit to disapply such a mechanism with Canada as part of the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	199858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK will not be seeking to negotiate an investor state dispute mechanism (ISDS) in the UK-Canada FTA and will instead seek to consider alternative options for investment dispute resolution that are best suited to the bilateral relationship between the UK and Canada.</p><p> </p><p>In seeking accession to CPTPP, the UK committed to the agreement’s existing standards, including its provisions on investor protections backed by a modern and transparent ISDS mechanism. These features balance the need to protect UK investors accessing and operating in CPTPP markets and ensure that the Government can regulate in the public interest.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2023 09:49:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1661517

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that protections are in place for (1) farmers, and (2) other agriculture producers, as part of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) negotiations.
tabling member printed	Lord Leong
uin	HL10254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government has negotiated a balanced agreement that maintains our high standards, secures access to new and growing markets and includes strong protections for the UK’s farmers and other agricultural producers, particularly in regard to our sensitive sectors. For example, increased access to the UK market for sensitive agricultural produce will be staged over a significant period of time – in most cases over 10 years – allowing our producers to adjust to any new trade flows from CPTPP members. We have also secured permanent annual limits on the amount of beef, pork, chicken, milled rice, and sugar that can be imported tariff-free from the biggest CPTPP producers, offering further protection to UK producers in these sensitive sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in line with our commitments following the signing of bilateral free trade agreements with both Australia and New Zealand, we have not provided those countries with any further market access on sensitive agricultural products as part of our CPTPP accession. Finally, a general transitional safeguard mechanism on eligible products will provide a temporary safety net for industry if they face serious injury, or threat of serious injury, from increased imports from any CPTPP member as a result of the agreement. The Government is clear that this represents a strong package of protections for our farmers and agricultural producers.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 22/09/2023 13:32:15 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4959 label Biography information for Lord Leong

1654116

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on (1) domestic food producers, and (2) the animal welfare practices associated with imported food products.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayman of Ullock
uin	HL9445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment for the UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was published on 17th July 2022 and outlines sectoral impacts. The Government has negotiated a balanced agreement, with significant opportunities for UK agri-food businesses and which also has strong protections for the UK's sensitive agricultural products.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 01/08/2023 11:45:54 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1654117

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what engagement they undertook with representatives of domestic food producers prior to taking the decision to accede to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayman of Ullock
uin	HL9446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>The government has ensured that UK food producers have been able to express their views on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific partnership (CPTPP) through frequent engagement with the agricultural sector.</p><p>We have regularly spoken to representatives of domestic food producers, including the Food and Drink Association, National Farmers' Union, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, the Agricultural Industries Confederation and the British Poultry Council.</p><p>The Department has also hosted roundtable events specifically for agricultural stakeholders, further giving them a forum to provide perspectives on CPTPP.</p><p>Agricultural stakeholders were also able to contribute to the consultation exercise on CPTPP, which received almost 150,000 responses. The Government's response to that consultation was published in June 2021 at the outset of negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 01/08/2023 11:45:18 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock