Speeches by Bryant.
Every Hansard contribution by Chris Bryant this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 621–640 of 2,011 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “It is a different amount of money. It is a much more dramatic change that it is giving to us than the other way round.” | 25 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “No, it does not give us access to all of that, but I hope and have an aspiration that we will be able to improve on that in future years. As I say, the UK has always had an open procurement policy and India has historically always had a very closed one. This is a much more significant advance that we have made and it h…” | 79 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “The total Indian procurement market is £500 billion.” | 8 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “First of all, it is worth bearing in mind that we have gained access to potentially £38 billion-worth of contracts in India in sectors including advanced manufacturing, healthcare, construction and infrastructure. When you bear in mind India’s historic “made in India” provisions, that is a very significant improvement.…” | 66 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “In many regards, it is as important in services as it is in goods, but sometimes it is more difficult to evaluate. For instance, we have gained market access on telecommunications—UK firms can now invest up to 49% of foreign direct investment, and subject to Government approval up to 100%—and that is a significant win …” | 190 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “In the end, the deal has to be judged in the round but, yes, you are absolutely right, the agricultural deal has to be looked in the round. As you know, in every single negotiation it is one of the most sensitive areas.” | 43 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “I do not know whether Kate was more intimately involved in the process of deciding.” | 15 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “I understand the point you are making, but I am making a different one. I thought we were referring to the NFU trying to claim that there were two sets of standards that were going to be introduced into UK dairy.” | 41 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “As with any deal, when it comes to agricultural issues, of course there are issues that are of particular concern for some countries and not for others. There are issues that we deliberately did not put on the table and there are others that India did not. We have already had clearance from an independent body that the…” | 108 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “A competitive threat is different from a standards threat. The point is being made that the independent body—” | 18 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “That is incorrect.” | 3 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “As I was trying to explain earlier, my point here is that there are not going to be any dairy products coming in from India at the moment because none of the companies have the required licenses to be able to import into the UK because they do not meet our standards. One of the things that we have been very keen to do …” | 130 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “I have been trying to explain already that I do not have anything against dairy farmers.” | 16 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “Yes, I am happy to write if that would be helpful.” | 11 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “That is why we have already been speaking to a lot of businesses in India. The process of going through this has thrown up a lot of the problems that we know will exist. That is why we are able to have a pretty convincing idea of precisely where business will, from day one, be easy to transact. That is why it was impor…” | 83 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “No. It is just like we in the UK have a whole load of legislation, which some might attack—I think the NFU said to you earlier today that we had not protected the dairy market in the UK in the way that it would want. At the moment, there is no Indian company that has met our licensing requirements for dairy in the UK. …” | 132 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “One of the conversations that has been going on—and started before my appointment—with other Departments and the FCDO is how we make sure that the whole of the UK Government presence in India is geared towards implementing the FTA and enabling UK businesses to export into that market and exploit the opportunities that …” | 77 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “Yes. It is just a fact that Government are going to have to do more with less and with fewer people over the next few years. That is a fact. We are resolute that one of things that we have to do is focus. One of the things we are focusing on is India. It is making sure, because this is such an important market for us—h…” | 101 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “That is resourced separately. That is resourced from our team here in the UK.” | 14 |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Business and Trade Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 996) “It is a simple fact that this is one of the areas where we will have to continue working to be able to make sure that non-tariff barriers are addressed just as effectively as others. We do have some commitments already in the FTA, for instance around no derogation of existing laws in relation to the environment and thi…” | 140 |