Question follow-through · 68321
Trade Agreements: Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the strategic importance of future trade agreements on the African continent.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the strategic importance of future trade agreements on the African continent.
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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21 Jul 2025
Answer published
DBT works closely with all government departments, including the Ministry of Defence, to consider all aspects of our trading relationships with Africa, and our strategic approach fully aligns with our recently published Trade Strategy and Industrial Strat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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