Question follow-through · 51243
Business: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the US-UK trade deal on Northern Ireland businesses.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 9 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Economy and business
- Public Houses: Surrey Heath · 8 Sept 2025
- Postal Services: Standards · 10 Oct 2025
- Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries · 10 Oct 2025
- Horizon IT System: Surrey Heath · 10 Oct 2025
- Horizon IT System: Surrey Heath · 10 Oct 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
9 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the US-UK trade deal on Northern Ireland businesses.
13 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2025
Answer published
The UK-US economic deal protects jobs in the automotive, steel, aluminium, pharmaceutical and aerospace sectors - sectors that directly employ over 320,000 people across the UK including Northern Ireland. What we have agreed will provide the foundation fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Public Houses: Surrey Heath
8 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support pubs in Surrey Heath constituency.
Postal Services: Standards
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the timeliness of postal services in Surrey Heath constituency.
Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that electric vehicles are manufactured (a) sustainably and (b) with appropriate environmental considerations.
Horizon IT System: Surrey Heath
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support victims of the Post Office scandal in Surrey Heath constituency.
Horizon IT System: Surrey Heath
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the long-term (a) social and (b) economic impact of the Post Office Horizon scandal on affected individuals in Surrey Heath constituency.
Horizon IT System: Surrey Heath
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal receive (a) timely and (b) adequate compensation in Surrey Heath constituency.
Clothing: Supply Chains
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) tackle unfair purchasing practices and (b) protect (i) suppliers and (ii) workers in fashion industry supply chains in Surrey Heath.
Public Houses: Surrey Heath
16 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Surrey Heath Borough Council on support for pubs in Surrey Heath constituency.
UK Trade with EU
29 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential economic merits of a UK-EU mutual recognition of conformity assessments agreement.
Companies: Complaints
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of compelling companies that provide services to the public to maintain (a) clear and (b) accessible channels for customer complaints.
Horizon IT System: Compensation
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help simplify (a) paperwork and (b) accountancy processes required for Post Office Horizon IT compensation claims.
Horizon IT System: Surrey
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of interim compensation payments made to sub-postmasters affected by Horizon IT in Surrey.