Question follow-through · 903042
Computers: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to reduce imports of software and hardware for key industries from countries that may pose a risk to national security.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 6 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to reduce imports of software and hardware for key industries from countries that may pose a risk to national security.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Mar 2025
Answer published
Our import controls and sanctions regimes play an important role in supporting the UK's foreign policy and national security objectives including by restricting the import of controlled goods from any source country and specified goods from those countrie...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring employment policies reflect the needs of sectors with high levels of (a) youth and (b) seasonal employment.
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Overseas Trade: India
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the role international students play in strengthening UK–India trade relations.
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10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to strengthen educational partnerships between UK universities and Indian institutions.
Investment and Trade: India
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Trade Agreements: India
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Unemployment: Young People
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