[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — Backbench Business — Commonwealth Day

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 1:30 pm on 13 March 2014.

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Photo of Henry Bellingham Henry Bellingham Conservative, North West Norfolk 1:30, 13 March 2014

Does my right hon. Friend agree that a main priority for many young people in the Commonwealth is getting a job and achieving prosperity? Does he share my vision that the Commonwealth must do more on the commercial diplomacy and trade agenda? We want more trade between Commonwealth countries, which share advantages around common language, contract law and legal systems, so that young people can have brighter hopes for the future in terms of trade picking up. Does he agree that the Commonwealth must give that agenda more priority?