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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

1649665

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when her Department plans to publish the impact assessment of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	192100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment for the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will be published shortly after signature of the agreement’s Accession Protocol.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/07/2023 16:17:34 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1625632

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
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, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2023 to Question 182031 on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, whether UK negotiators sought to disapply ISDS provisions in CPTPP with Canada and Brunei.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	183664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>CPTPP's investment chapter provides important protections for investors, which it is in the UK’s interest to accept, including with both Brunei and Canada. The Government is clear that where we negotiate investment protection and ISDS provisions, we will not hinder our right to regulate in the public interest. This right is protected in CPTPP, and the Government also negotiated additional protections for our ability to regulate areas such as public services.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/05/2023 15:14:16 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1624347

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 181604 on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, whether trade unions have powers to raise formal challenges to alleged labour abuses under the Agreement’s dispute mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	183176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Labour Chapter is subject to the dispute resolution mechanism contained in Chapter 28 (Dispute Settlement). The dispute settlement mechanism concerns state-to-state dispute settlement, and so it does not permit non-government bodies, including trade unions, to raise a dispute under its provisions.</p><p>However, Chapter 28 and the Rules of Procedure for Dispute Settlement provide that non-governmental entities may submit views on a dispute brought under the Agreement. This is subject to the conditions set out in the CPTPP.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/05/2023 15:29:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1612950

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
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 has made a comparative assessment of standards on pesticides in CPTPP between members states and the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	182060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government will not compromise on our high environmental protections and food standards in trade deals. Trade agreements to which we sign up will respect the regulatory autonomy of both the UK and our trading partners, including on pesticides. All agri-food products imported into the UK under existing or future free trade agreements will, as now, have to comply with our import requirements. This applies to the UK’s accession to CPTPP, as it does to our other deals. We will ensure decisions on the use of pesticides are based on careful scientific assessment and will not authorise pesticides that may carry unacceptable risks to people or the environment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 25/04/2023 12:33:45 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1612314

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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 made an assessment of the potential impact of accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on (a) workers' rights in the UK and (b) the ability of trade unions to challenge alleged abuses of workers' rights.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	181604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>There is nothing in the CPTPP agreement which would cause the UK to weaken its own labour laws. CPTPP contains a comprehensive labour chapter with binding provisions that reaffirms CPTPP parties’ obligations as members of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and helps to protect labour rights and improve working conditions. The Chapter promotes enhanced co-operation and consultation including through public engagement with domestic stakeholders, such as trade unions, on a range of labour issues. It is also subject to the agreement’s dispute settlement mechanism and a range of mechanisms to facilitate implementation of the chapter, including public submissions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 25/04/2023 12:31:06 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1610062

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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, when she plans to provide the final wording of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership to Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	180195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Following the substantial conclusion of negotiations on Friday 31 March, the next step will be to officially sign the agreement that the Government has struck with CPTPP Parties. This will take place following the completion of the legal review process, which is now ongoing</p><p><br> The negotiation outcome will be set out in a Protocol of Accession. This document and the UK’s agreed market access schedules will be published at the point of signature.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/04/2023 12:43:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1610536

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on the UK's greenhouse gas emissions.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	180669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The initial analysis published in the Government’s scoping assessment suggests that UK accession to CPTPP is not expected to have significant impacts on greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 and Non-CO2) and energy usage.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 24/04/2023 12:37:12 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1602880

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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 commissioned legal advice on the UK's exposure to Investor State Dispute Settlement claims under the provisions of Chapter 9 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	162243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Please see the answer given to UIN 155771 tabled on 19th April 2022 for a response to this question.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/03/2023 11:19:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1602882

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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 her planned timetable is for concluding accession negotiations for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	162245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK is continuing to negotiate accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership. Recent discussions have seen the department make considerable progress towards concluding talks, aiming to finish them at the earliest opportunity. The Government is working to ensure that the UK joins on terms that work for British business and are in line with domestic priorities.</p><p>Joining CPTPP will offer significant benefits to exporters. It could give tariff free access to up to 99% of UK goods, to export to a market of 500 million people, while reducing barriers to our world leading service firms.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/03/2023 11:12:06 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds