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World Trade Organisation

My Lords, this is a case in which government is very well joined up. Your Lordships have seen that the trade negotiations are handled by a linked position, which is partly the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and partly the DTI, and it also brings in the Department for International Development. That is done through the processes of the EU and the Commission. It is a complicated process as it involves many dimensions, but the policy I have set out represents a balance between the different arms of government. I believe that they are extremely well joined up.