Question follow-through · 60580
Ethanol: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the quantity of ethanol permitted to enter the UK tariff-free under the UK-US trade agreement on the UK bioethanol industry; and what
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 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 quantity of ethanol permitted to enter the UK tariff-free under the UK-US trade agreement on the UK bioethanol industry; and what
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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20 Jun 2025
Answer published
Since the announcement of the UK-US Economic Deal on 8 May, the Secretary of State and senior officials from the Department for Business and Trade have been meeting with representatives of the bioethanol sector in the Tees Valley and Humberside to discuss...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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