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Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to include provisions on workers' rights in the negotiation of free trade agreements.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
10 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to include provisions on workers' rights in the negotiation of free trade agreements.

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The UK will continue to work internationally to strengthen workers’ rights and enhance labour standards globally. The Government will protect our labour standards in new trade agreements. The UK has chapters on labour in FTAs with Australia and New Zealan...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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