Question follow-through · 65027

Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will include the role of the UK fashion industry in the Invest 2035 strategy.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
4 Jul 2025
Target answer date
8 Jul 2025
Answer
11 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will include the role of the UK fashion industry in the Invest 2035 strategy.

  2. 8 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Industrial Strategy will support the whole economy, through an improved operating environment, long-term stability and greater dynamism for new entrants to emerge.As set out in the Creative Industries Sector Plan, DCMS will invest in the British Fashi...

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