Extracts from Parliamentary Proceedings - Oct 13
Wednesday, 14 October 2020 07:41
Extract from committee stage (Lords) of the Trade Bill Lord Purvis
of Tweed (LD):...In many respects, the support that we give to our
businesses allows them to understand some of these markets much
more and to navigate their way around the non-tariff measures that
those countries have put in place. Our Whisky industry has become
expert at this. In many respects, the Government learn as much from
our Whisky industry as many other businesses can learn from
government about how to operate in...Request free trial
Extract from committee
stage (Lords) of the Trade Bill
(LD):...In many respects, the support that we
give to our businesses allows them to understand some of these
markets much more and to navigate their way around the non-tariff
measures that those countries have put in place. Our
Whisky industry has become expert at this. In many
respects, the Government learn as much from our
Whisky industry as many other businesses can learn
from government about how to operate in the competitive global
market; as we go into the “new world”, this will be important. As
much as we want to advance and support our exporters, our
competitor countries are doing that as well if not better...
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Extract from FCOD
questions (Commons)
(Wigan)
(Lab):...May I say to the Foreign Secretary, who is a former human
rights lawyer, that it is quite desperate and a sign of our
diminished influence in the world that the UK is not willing to
take a stance on this important issue? We are deeply concerned
about our relations with the rest of the world. Whether it is the
covid vaccine, climate change, the Iran deal, west bank annexation,
NATO or Scotch Whisky the Government appear to
have no influence at all in Washington at the moment when we most
need it. We are told that they are now scrambling to repair the
damage to relations with Joe Biden and his team. There is no
greater indication of why that matters than the case of Harry Dunn.
In July, the Foreign Secretary told the House he had reached an
agreement with the US about immunity arrangements for Croughton
annex. His repeated refusal to publish that agreement has fuelled
the family’s anguish and underlined the widespread belief that his
Department has chosen to side with the US Government over its own
citizens. Why does he believe that neither Parliament nor the
family of Harry Dunn should see the small print of this important
agreement with the United States?
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