Debate on Monday, 11 January 2021, in the House of Commons, led by Elizabeth Truss. The answering member was Emily Thornberry.

Global Britain

Motion that this House has considered Global Britain. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 687 cc69-129
Session: 2019-21
Department: Department for International Trade
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Global Britain
Wednesday, 6 January 2021
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Proceeding contributions: Elizabeth Truss | 687 cc70-1 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered Global Britain.
I am delighted to open ...; Tobias Ellwood | 687 c71 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend is making a powerful start to promoting global Britain. She speaks of the G7...; Elizabeth Truss | 687 c71 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend makes a very powerful point. Allies such as Australia, South Korea and India...; Christian Wakeford | 687 c71 (Link to this contribution)
While we are talking about the real opportunities for growing Britain’s trade power across the gl...; Elizabeth Truss | 687 c72 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. He is right that trade is the key not just to prosperity...; Daniel Kawczynski | 687 c72 (Link to this contribution)
One thing that incentivises and encourages younger people in our country is their determination t...; Elizabeth Truss | 687 c73 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right that, of course, the UK global tariff has lower import tariffs than the c...; Nigel Evans | 687 c73 (Link to this contribution)
Before I call Emily Thornberry, I would like to indicate that all Back-Bench contributions will h...; Emily Thornberry | 687 cc73-5 (Link to this contribution)
Let me thank the Secretary of State for holding this debate, albeit in the very strange circumsta...; Conor Burns | 687 c75 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Lady will remember from our discussions about this that they were continuity agree...; Emily Thornberry | 687 c75 (Link to this contribution)
I hear what the right hon. Gentleman says, but it looks to me a bit like two people meeting to pl...; Anthony Mangnall | 687 c75 (Link to this contribution)
Will the right hon. Lady give way?; Emily Thornberry | 687 cc75-6 (Link to this contribution)
Let me make a little progress, then I will.
In many areas, the failure to make these deals ...; Henry Smith | 687 c76 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Daniel Kawczynski | 687 c76 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Emily Thornberry | 687 c76 (Link to this contribution)
I will take one more intervention and then I need to make some more progress.; Henry Smith | 687 c76 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for giving way. What is her view of the recent agreement str...; Emily Thornberry | 687 c76 (Link to this contribution)
Given the time that I have available, although I would be happy to sit and—[Interruption.] No, no...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 687 c77 (Link to this contribution)
Yet again the right hon. Lady is raising the issue of continuity agreements, but may I just gentl...; Emily Thornberry | 687 c77 (Link to this contribution)
I understand entirely what the right hon. Lady is saying. It is interesting, is it not, that half...; Daniel Kawczynski | 687 c77 (Link to this contribution)
Will the right hon. Lady give way?; Emily Thornberry | 687 cc77-9 (Link to this contribution)
In the limited amount of time that I have left, I will not be taking any more interventions; let ...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 687 cc79-80 (Link to this contribution)
I refer Members to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. My right hon. ...; Alyn Smith | 687 cc80-2 (Link to this contribution)
It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May). We do not quite ...; Tom Tugendhat | 687 cc81-3 (Link to this contribution)
Although I sympathise with the sadness of the hon. Member for Stirling (Alyn Smith) about our now...; Jeremy Corbyn | 687 c83 (Link to this contribution)
In three minutes, it is quite difficult to cover all the issues one wants to cover in a debate li...; Tobias Ellwood | 687 cc83-4 (Link to this contribution)
Looking back in our timeline of history, we see that it is punctuated by years where dramatic eve...; Sarah Champion | 687 cc84-5 (Link to this contribution)
2021 is a pivotal year for the UK on the global stage: we will host the COP26 climate change summ...; Andrew Mitchell | 687 cc85-6 (Link to this contribution)
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It is r...; Daniel Kawczynski | 687 c86 (Link to this contribution)
Will my right hon. Friend give way?; Andrew Mitchell | 687 c86 (Link to this contribution)
I am afraid that I cannot give way as I have so little time.; Daniel Kawczynski | 687 c86 (Link to this contribution)
He will get an extra minute.; Andrew Mitchell | 687 c86 (Link to this contribution)
I give way to my hon. Friend.; Daniel Kawczynski | 687 c86 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend. He is a champion for DFID spending, but does he agree...; Andrew Mitchell | 687 cc86-7 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to my hon. Friend. Of course, he is right that trade is the key, but in order ...; Hywel Williams | 687 cc87-8 (Link to this contribution)
Global Britain reimagines the past, ignores the present and, in its naivety, diminishes the futur...; Liam Fox | 687 cc88-9 (Link to this contribution)
Naturally, I am glad that we have finally left the European Union in all its manifestations, whic...; Geraint Davies | 687 c89 (Link to this contribution)
I speak tonight as the trade rapporteur of the Council of Europe, and as such I want to see democ...; Conor Burns | 687 cc89-90 (Link to this contribution)
To anyone in this House or beyond this House who thinks that global Britain is somehow an aspirat...; Ian Jnr Paisley | 687 cc90-1 (Link to this contribution)
I am all for global Britain, but I am more for global UK. I want to make sure that Northern Irela...; Mark Francois | 687 cc91-2 (Link to this contribution)
Our new national security adviser, Lord Frost, who comes into the post on the back of a considera...; Rupa Huq | 687 cc92-3 (Link to this contribution)
Global Britain—a lofty ideal, but with recent months witnessing a dramatic reduction of the UK’s ...; Daniel Kawczynski | 687 c93 (Link to this contribution)
I speak as the sole Polish-born British Member of Parliament in this Chamber. Obviously, for me, ...; Jonathan Edwards | 687 cc93-4 (Link to this contribution)
Blwyddyn newydd dda to you, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to speak in this debate.
Af...; Nigel Evans | 687 c94 (Link to this contribution)
Blwyddyn newydd dda i chi hefyd, Jonathan.
7.55 pm; David Morris | 687 cc94-5 (Link to this contribution)
We have heard from most Members about the national benefits of leaving the EU and the prospects f...; Fiona Bruce | 687 cc95-6 (Link to this contribution)
As we reset our foreign and development policies, they will no doubt reflect our country’s long-s...; Ruth Edwards | 687 cc96-7 (Link to this contribution)
For centuries, Britain has led the world as a global industrial centre, importing and exporting g...; Layla Moran | 687 cc97-8 (Link to this contribution)
Global Britain—what does that mean? Here is what I hope it means: a United Kingdom that leads on ...; Imran Hussain | 687 cc98-9 (Link to this contribution)
I refer Members to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The Foreign Se...; Simon Fell | 687 cc99-100 (Link to this contribution)
This is an important debate. Like many here, I was elected on a promise to move past the stagnati...; Henry Smith | 687 c100 (Link to this contribution)
I was unsuccessful, unfortunately, in being called on 30 December last year to speak on the UK-EU...; Florence Eshalomi | 687 cc100-1 (Link to this contribution)
In my maiden speech in this House almost a year ago today as the newly elected MP for Vauxhall, w...; Giles Watling | 687 c101 (Link to this contribution)
It is a shame that we are doing this in the middle of a lockdown, but for the sake of the debate ...; Jim Shannon | 687 c101 (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Gentleman share my view of the opportunities that come from Brexit, for example, in...; Giles Watling | 687 c102 (Link to this contribution)
I could not agree more. We can step back to where we were before we joined the common market and ...; Dave Doogan | 687 cc102-3 (Link to this contribution)
I note that in her introduction the Secretary of State declined to mention fish exports in her li...; Cherilyn Mackrory | 687 cc103-4 (Link to this contribution)
Cornwall is known around the world as a top-rate holiday destination, and it absolutely is. Howev...; Mary Kelly Foy | 687 cc104-5 (Link to this contribution)
Much of this debate will quite rightly focus on the Government’s baffling approach to trade deals...; John Lamont | 687 cc105-6 (Link to this contribution)
I would like to focus my brief remarks on the economic opportunities that await a global trading ...; Ruth Jones | 687 c106 (Link to this contribution)
This evening, we have heard a great deal about global Britain. I think of the 60 million people w...; Crispin Blunt | 687 cc106-8 (Link to this contribution)
The importance of this subject, if not this abbreviated debate, with its précis-ed contributions,...; Kim Johnson | 687 c108 (Link to this contribution)
I have to disagree with the Secretary of State: this is not global Britain in action. Plans by th...; Taiwo Owatemi | 687 cc108-9 (Link to this contribution)
In 2016, the Government began using the phrase “global Britain” in the aftermath of the referendu...; Jamie Wallis | 687 cc109-110 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this important debate. Global B...; Stephen Farry | 687 cc110-1 (Link to this contribution)
“Global Britain” may be catchy, but it is not an inclusive phrase. Britain or Great Britain is no...; Andrew Rosindell | 687 cc111-2 (Link to this contribution)
After nearly 50 years of being shackled to the European Union, today we can say with confidence t...; Siobhain McDonagh | 687 cc112-3 (Link to this contribution)
The measure of success for global Britain comes not just in rhetoric, but in the actions that we ...; Harriett Baldwin | 687 c113 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow my colleague from the Treasury Committee, the hon. Member for Mitcham ...; Richard Graham | 687 cc113-4 (Link to this contribution)
This debate is led by the Department for International Trade, but in truth, if global Britain is ...; Lord McCabe | 687 cc114-5 (Link to this contribution)
I want this country to be outward looking and multilateralist, and that includes confronting diff...; Andrew Bowie | 687 cc115-6 (Link to this contribution)
We debate this this evening at a time when the values we stand for as a country, when the values ...; Claudia Webbe | 687 c116 (Link to this contribution)
It pains me to say that under this Government, Britain is world-beating for all the wrong reasons...; Alicia Kearns | 687 cc116-7 (Link to this contribution)
I start by paying tribute to the Secretary of State for International Trade and her Ministers, be...; David Linden | 687 cc117-8 (Link to this contribution)
The British Government’s cut to the aid budget is a clear example that global Britain is about lo...; Jim Shannon | 687 c118 (Link to this contribution)
The news today indicated that online sales of whiskey—I think of the Echlinville distillery in Ki...; David Linden | 687 c118 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman will certainly find an ally in me in hoping that we sell more whisky, not leas...; Alistair Carmichael | 687 cc118-9 (Link to this contribution)
Three minutes is not a great deal of time to talk about a subject as big as Britain’s place in th...; Paul Howell | 687 cc119-120 (Link to this contribution)
Having listened to some of the nay-sayers today, I would refer them to a quote from Theodore Roos...; Claire Coutinho | 687 cc120-1 (Link to this contribution)
Today Britain is forging a new path as a sovereign nation state. We will stand by our long-held v...; Theo Clarke | 687 cc121-2 (Link to this contribution)
Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, over 125,000 people have already received the coronaviru...; Martin Vickers | 687 c122 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome today’s debate. I am hugely optimistic about our future as a sovereign free-trading nat...; Gareth Thomas | 687 cc122-3 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the chance to wind up this first debate of 2021 for the official Opposition. We have he...; Mark Tami | 687 c123 (Link to this contribution)
Does my hon. Friend recall the Prime Minister saying that, if businesses were presented with new ...; Gareth Thomas | 687 cc123-5 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend makes a good point, but, sadly, we are seeing lots of new jobs being created...; Greg Hands | 687 cc125-8 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the 52 Members across the House for their informed contributions to the debate. Following...; David Linden | 687 c126 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; Greg Hands | 687 cc126-9 (Link to this contribution)
I will not, because I am going to go through Members’ contributions.
My hon. Friend the Mem...
Subjects: Climate change Development aid Exports Expenditure Government assistance Import duties Trade agreements Trade UK trade with EU Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Soft power
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