Speeches by Bryant.

“We have regular conversations and at every stage, we are trying to ensure that we get the best possible deal that works for UK farmers. I just say gently to the hon. Lady that I was a Member in this House, representing a Welsh seat with many Welsh farmers, when the previous Government struck the deal with Australia and…”

“We have already laid out our steel trade measures, which are there to ensure that the UK has a steel industry. This is vital for our economic future. I want to make clear that 73% of all steel imports into the UK are not in scope of the measure, but I will, of course, look at this specific issue. If my hon. Friend woul…”

“I commend my hon. Friend—since he has been in the House he has raised lots of issues on behalf of the farming sector in his constituency. Some of those are issues that need to come directly to Ministers, so that we can take action on them, and this is one of them. We are very keen to make sure that the SPS agreement is…”

“When it comes to international deals, we regularly fight determinedly for the farming sector and the wider food and beverage sector. Sometimes that means defending our UK farming and food standards, but just as often, we are able to secure significant advances; for instance, we have managed to secure increased access f…”

“That is one of the issues that we need to look at not just in the UK but with our international allies. We have got ourselves in a ludicrous position where critical minerals are available all over the world, but 85% of them are only processed in one country. We need to ensure that we have resilience in this area, and i…”

“Give us the opening line!”

“I do agree on the broad principles, but the Lib Dems were part of the coalition Government who created the momentum toward the Brexit referendum in the first place, so I am not going to sign up to any Liberal Democrat campaign. We are going to make sure that we reset the relationship with the European Union.”

“You are reading between my lines.”

“You are reading between my lines.”

“In the end, there is only one Government, and they are a whole Government and we act collectively. I am making the argument for why I would like us to be able to move in this direction. It is in our economic interests. Incidentally, I am very hopeful that we will get a Swiss deal done fairly soon as well, which could b…”

“I do not know. In the words of the Sugababes, if I knew how to push that button, I would.”

“There is an obvious argument for why we should pursue trade deals with Mercosur, and with Thailand, for that matter, which is that the EU and, for that matter, EFTA in relation to Mercosur, already have trade deals with them. That means that British businesses are already going to be outpriced by European ones if we do…”

“There is an obvious issue that lots of people in France and other countries have raised, which is around agriculture. What goods market access will we want to negotiate with Argentina, with Brazil and so on? That is going to arise in relation to Uruguay anyway because of its membership accession process to the CPTPP. I…”

“Kate is the expert on this—sorry.”

“We are briefed on the national security element of that. It is not primarily our area of responsibility, but it is essential to everything that we have to consider in this area. There are some things and some sectors that are more vulnerable than others. We have to adopt a risk-based approach, and we are very alert to …”

“I have responsibility for United Kingdom Internal Market Act issues, so I have a meeting with my three counterparts in the three devolved Governments on a regular basis about how FTAs are progressing. Quite often, they are engaged. They are part of developing our mandate and helping us sometimes get things over the lin…”

“I might need notice of a question about stopping buses. I do not know the answer to that question; I do not know whether anybody else does. I will have to write to you on that, I am afraid. Sorry, Mr Reynolds.”

“Yes, to some degree. Of course, we sometimes do not want to say publicly, for obvious reasons. As you will know from your time as a Minister, there are things that we do not want to put into the public domain. I return to my original feeling, which is that we want to be completely eyes wide open about all of this. I do…”

“We have an amber light.”

“I would set an earlier timetable but I just do not want to overpromise and underdeliver.”