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MPs demand say on TTIP trade deal
Backbenchers united across the Commons yesterday to demand a say over the “corporate wolves” circling the looming TTIP free-trade deal and demand that rules to let firms sue governments be scrapped.
The house rang out to warnings on the shadowy negotiations taking place on the US-EU agreement, including the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses that could usher in a new era of public-sector privatisation.
Labour MP Geraint Davies, who tabled the motion demanding a parliamentary say over the deal, led the charge for answers in the Commons.
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