Question follow-through · 10258
Products: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of maintaining regulatory alignment with the European Union.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of maintaining regulatory alignment with the European Union.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government continues to follow EU regulatory developments with interest and engages regularly with the EU on key regulatory developments, including through TCA structures such as the Trade Specialised Committees. I can confirm that my officials will c...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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