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Trade Agreements

Commons · Question 86410 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2025

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Asked by Joe Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations he has received from stakeholders on reforms to the Constitutional Reform and Governance process for approving trade deals.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 4 Nov 2025

Although the department has received representations from NGOs, academia, trade bodies and Parliamentary Committees on this subject over the year, we believe the scrutiny provisions under CRaG remain fit for purpose and have no plans to reform these mecha...