Question follow-through · 72882
Aluminium: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the aluminium industry through free trade agreements.
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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
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the aluminium industry through free trade agreements.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2025
Answer published
We have taken decisive action to support the UK aluminium industry through recent trade agreements that reduce barriers and enhance market access. For example, in May, the UK concluded a landmark economic deal with the US, which included an agreement to r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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