Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 32249

Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)Stoke-on-Trent Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what aspects of the (a) UK-Australia and (b) UK-New Zealand free trade agreements will be assessed as part of the biannual monitoring reports that will be published on those treaties.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
The department is considering its approach to monitoring Free Trade Agreements, including the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand agreement. The government will provide an update on this in due course to align with the Trade Strategy.