House debates Questions without Notice: Additional Answers
Trade
Mark Coulton Parkes, National Party, Assistant Trade and Investment Minister
3:11 pm
on indulgence—Mr Speaker, I seek your indulgence to add to an answer I gave earlier. For the information of the House, those opposite did conclude several trade agreements that had been initiated by the Howard government, but in reality they did not start and conclude a single trade agreement while in government.
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Tony Smith Speaker
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