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Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 April 2025

Debate

UK-US Trade and Tariffs

Contribution

My Lords, of course, it is absolutely right that we should look at what cards we might have in terms of any response that the UK might wish to give. Perhaps, being English, rather than “Keep calm”, it should be “Keep calm, carry on and drink tea”. I have two quick questions. One is to follow up on what was said by the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria. He is absolutely right about trumpeting our great strength in financial services but also in business services. First, to what extent are the Government really prioritising that sector? Secondly, on priority in terms of the deal that we are trying to secure, we saw the chart on the BBC of all the different tariffs and percentages in all the different countries. Surely there is already a massive rush of people wanting to speak to US officials. Where does the Minister think we are in the pecking order?

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