Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 13917
Trade Agreements
Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024
Question
Clive Jones
Liberal Democrat — Wokingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10718 on Trade Agreements, whether he plans to include labour rights protections in prospective trade agreements.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderThe Government will protect our labour standards in new trade agreements. To date, we have secured chapters on labour in FTAs with Australia and New Zealand, and within CPTPP. The UK also has labour provisions in a range of other agreements. We will cont...
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