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Exports: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to promote (a) Scotch whisky exports and (b) other Scottish exports.

answeredScotland Office

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Answering body: Scotland Office
Tabled: 6 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 11 Nov 2024
Answer: 14 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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6 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to promote (a) Scotch whisky exports and (b) other Scottish exports.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2024
Answer published
The recent budget saw the Scotland Office awarded 750 thousand pounds to expand its international trade activities and establish the Brand Scotland initiative.Brand Scotland funding will support industry via trade missions, projects delivered by the overs...

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