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Trade Agreements

Commons · Question 13917 · Tabled 12 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10718 on Trade Agreements, whether he plans to include labour rights protections in prospective trade agreements.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 20 Nov 2024

The Government will protect our labour standards in new trade agreements. To date, we have secured chapters on labour in FTAs with Australia and New Zealand, and within CPTPP. The UK also has labour provisions in a range of other agreements.  We will cont...