Question follow-through · 18003
Fairtrade Initiative
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his trade strategy will support the aims of the Fairtrade movement.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his trade strategy will support the aims of the Fairtrade movement.
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
The UK Government is committed to advancing free and fair trade around that world that is inclusive, sustainable and reduces poverty.We remain committed to engaging civil society as we develop the new Trade Strategy.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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