Summary 4

1 Background 5

1.1 Background 5

1.2 Key documents 6

1.3 Timeline 7

1.4 Statistics on UK-India trade 8

2 Main provisions 9

2.1 Trade in goods 9

2.2 Trade in services 10

2.3 Agriculture, food, environment 11

2.4 Other issues 13

3 Double Contributions Convention 16

4 Economic effects 18

4.1 Countries and regions of UK 18

4.2 Industrial sectors 19

5 Views of stakeholders 20

5.1 Business 20

5.2 Agriculture 21

5.3 Civil society 22

5.4 Think tanks and academics 24

6 Parliamentary scrutiny 25

6.1 Debates 25

6.2 Implementing legislation 25

6.3 Consideration by select committees 26