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Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing targeted support for small and medium-sized enterprises exhibiting at sector-relevant international trade shows and (b) esta

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
9 Sept 2025
Answer
12 Sept 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing targeted support for small and medium-sized enterprises exhibiting at sector-relevant international trade shows and (b) esta

  2. 9 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Though our Trade Strategy, Industrial Strategy, and Small Business Plan, we are putting in place the policies, support, and services needed to drive export-led growth. For the first time, DBT has integrated its support for SMEs across all sectors in a sin...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013

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Street Trading

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with local police forces on ensuring that goods sold by pedlars comply with safety standards, including requirements for CE and UKCA marking.

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Street Trading: Regulation

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