Question follow-through · 69849
Trade Agreements: Canada
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for free trade discussions with Canada.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2025 · 49 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for free trade discussions with Canada.
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2025
Answer published
Canada is a close ally and valued partner of the UK, with trade underpinned by our existing trade agreement worth around £28 billion in 2024.As agreed between our Prime Ministers at the G7, the UK and Canada have established a new Working Group to deepen ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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