Question follow-through · 20223
Foreign Investment in UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with participants at the UK Investment Summit 2024 on the status of their planned investments in the context of the Autumn Budget 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 24 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with participants at the UK Investment Summit 2024 on the status of their planned investments in the context of the Autumn Budget 2024.
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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24 Dec 2024
Answer published
The International Investment Summit brought together the world’s most important companies and investors to showcase the UK’s strengths and opportunities. Since it took place, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has been working closely with the ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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