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Trade Agreements

Asked by Joe MorrisLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 4 November 2025UIN 86410

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations he has received from stakeholders on reforms to the Constitutional Reform and Governance process for approving trade deals.

Answered by Chris Bryant

Although the department has received representations from NGOs, academia, trade bodies and Parliamentary Committees on this subject over the year, we believe the scrutiny provisions under CRaG remain fit for purpose and have no plans to reform these mechanisms.

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