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Lord Fox (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 6 January 2025

Debate

Multilateral Free Trade

Contribution

My Lords, first, I express the immense sadness on these Benches at the passing of our noble friend Lady Randerson. She was a wonderful colleague and a great contributor to your Lordships’ House. She will be sadly missed. While the UK’s recent accession to the CPTPP may have had strategic importance, in market terms it was, in essence, insignificant, not least because that market is many thousands of miles away. I ask the Minister to reaffirm the importance of a huge market just several tens of miles away from our shores, not least given what we are starting to get from the United States. Can he tell your Lordships’ House what practical steps the Government are taking for better trade with the EU? Specifically, will the makers and manufacturers of the UK have their access to the EU eased this year?

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