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Overseas Companies: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the availability of commercial insurance for UK companies seeking to operate in Ukraine on British trade and investment in the region.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
4 Jun 2025
Answer
17 Jun 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 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 availability of commercial insurance for UK companies seeking to operate in Ukraine on British trade and investment in the region.

  2. 4 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Limited availability of insurance to operate in Ukraine is a market access barrier for businesses to export, invest or operate in Ukraine. The expertise and global reputation of the London Insurance sector has continued to mobilise international support t...

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