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Lord Leong (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 6 January 2025

Debate

Multilateral Free Trade

Contribution

My Lords, we on these Benches send our deepest condolences to Baroness Randerson’s friends and family. The UK’s accession to the CPTPP takes a plurilateral Pacific deal and makes it a truly global one, bringing new opportunities for British businesses and supporting jobs across the country. The UK is the first country to accede to the CPTTP and the first European member of the CPTPP, demonstrating the Government’s commitment to multilateral trade. As far as the EU is concerned, the Prime Minister has stated many times that we are resetting our relationship with Europe. We want to ensure that our businesses have a much better working relationship with Europe. We will have to wait and see what happens from there.

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