Conclusion 2

We take seriously our responsibility to examine on behalf of the House the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Business and Trade. However, we operate within finite resources and recognise that attempting exhaustively to scrutinise every aspect of the Department’s work is impractical. To best serve the House, we must choose our work with care and with regard to political interest. We intend, therefore, to adopt a case-by-case approach to scrutiny of prospective free trade agreements in future.