Oral Question·Department for International Trade
“What estimate his Department has made of the number of new institutions required to replicate the terms of existing trade agreements with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.”
Tabled: 7 February 2018Answered: 22 February 2018
Asked by
Carolyn Harris
Labour — Neath and Swansea East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for International Trade
Answer from Hansard
Ed Miliband
My hon. Friend is right: there is a long-standing issue around industrial energy prices. The key is getting off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets, because just as family finances were ruined in the cost of living crisis, it is the same in relation to business finances and public finances. It is an essential part of the answer.