Question follow-through · 21795
Overseas Trade: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) volume and (b) value of trade between the UK and Ireland.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) volume and (b) value of trade between the UK and Ireland.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2025
Answer published
Reinvigorating the UK’s relationship with our European partners is a top priority for this Government. As the Prime Minister has made clear, we are committed to building an ever stronger relationship with Ireland. The UK-Ireland Summit in March offers the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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