16. To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will make a statement on the progress of negotiations in the current world trade round. (156883)

Negotiations on all aspects of the Doha Development Agenda continue to take place at the WTO in Geneva. The UK Government remain fully committed to working with the EU Trade Commissioner, other EU member states and other WTO members to secure an ambitious, pro-development outcome to the Doha Round.