VoteClimate: Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill (Fourth sitting) - 25th January 2018

Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill (Fourth sitting) - 25th January 2018

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill (Fourth sitting).

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-01-25/debates/93b3d2ff-44e3-4ecb-a674-74a02418ada2/Taxation(Cross-BorderTrade)Bill(FourthSitting)

15:30 Graham Stuart (Conservative)

We must make sure that when we act, it is always to tackle the problems in those developing countries, and that the long list that was laid out—including climate change, forestry and various aspects of human rights—is not used as an excuse for protectionism of interests in this country while we are morally posing ourselves as helping those in developing countries. That is why the presumption is that we should let them trade with us; however, in serious cases we should act. I hope that both this Committee and the House can continue to take that proportionate and balanced approach.

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