Trade with the EU

Part of International Trade – in the House of Commons at on 21 July 2022.

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Photo of Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I join you in wishing Penny and Isabel well for the future. I also welcome the Minister to the Dispatch Box.

I ask this question in place of my hon. Friend Gareth Thomas, who has covid. I am sure that the whole House will wish him a swift recovery. The tonnage of UK trade in food, feed and drink with both the EU and non-EU countries has fallen and has been steadily falling since 2019. Looking back at the record of this Government over the past three years, does the Minister accept that they have failed to make Brexit work?