Question follow-through · 95599
Trade Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress his Department is making on negotiating free-trade agreements.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 1 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress his Department is making on negotiating free-trade agreements.
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government has signed a trade deal with India, the fastest-growing economy in the G20. We have also agreed the General Terms for an Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) with the United States and agreed a new Strategic Partnership with the European Union. W...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Business: Regulation
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with international counterparts on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence legislation as part of the Responsible Business Conduct Review.
Cooperatives and Mutual Societies: Government Assistance
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timeline is for reporting on the Call for Evidence into business support for co-operatives and non-financial mutuals.
British Business Bank: South West
10 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses in the South West have received support through the British Business Bank.