Question follow-through · 70575

Cyprus: Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether trade envoys are permitted to visit northern Cyprus.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
12 Sept 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether trade envoys are permitted to visit northern Cyprus.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    While carrying out official duties Trade Envoys are representatives of Government and are therefore expected to follow Government policy. The Government’s long-standing position of not recognising the self-declared ‘Turkish Republic of North Cyprus’ remai...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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