Question follow-through · 10742
Department for Business and Trade: DP World
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) his officials have had with DP World since 1 October 2024; and whether any incentives have been (i) discussed and (ii) agreed since that date.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) his officials have had with DP World since 1 October 2024; and whether any incentives have been (i) discussed and (ii) agreed since that date.
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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30 Oct 2024
Answer published
Officials from the Department for Business and Trade engaged with DP World in advance of the International Investment Summit, on both the 10th and 13th October, to finalise communications plans surrounding their investment announcement at the Summit. Mini...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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