Question follow-through · 9313
Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to include measures to grow imports in the forthcoming trade strategy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Business: Competition · 4 Feb 2025
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to include measures to grow imports in the forthcoming trade strategy.
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Trade Strategy will support businesses trade and drive economic growth. Further details on this will be published in due course.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Business: Competition
4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support businesses to compete with direct-to-consumer online retailers that are based offshore.
Food: Manufacturing Industries
25 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Advanced Manufacturing sector plan on food and drink manufacturers.