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InterTrade UK: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether Intertrade UK will have a board; and how many full-time staff it will have.

answeredJim AllisterNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
24 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether Intertrade UK will have a board; and how many full-time staff it will have.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Intertrade UK is a non-statutory advisory body that supports the East-West Council (EWC) in promoting all internal UK trade, made up of a Chair and six dedicated experts. The roles are unremunerated, but a Secretariat function will be provided by the Nort...

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