Sir Julian Lewis: If President Trump offered to cancel the tariff on steel imports in return for the UK throwing the appalling Chagos giveaway deal in the dustbin, would the Government agree?

[The Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security (Mr Douglas Alexander): Tempting though it is to indulge in the hypothetical negotiating strategy ventriloquised through the right hon. Gentleman, consistent with the approach that we need to take a considered view of what is emerging – and is still emerging, in the case of aluminium – the responsible thing to do is leave those matters with the good offices of the UK’s ambassador to the United States and the Foreign Secretary.]