Question follow-through · 105208

Overseas Trade: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the press release entitled Joint statement between the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Prime Minister of Canada, published on 15 June 2025, on what date (a) he and (b) th

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
19 Jan 2026
Answer
19 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the press release entitled Joint statement between the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Prime Minister of Canada, published on 15 June 2025, on what date (a) he and (b) th

  2. 19 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    In line with the commitment made between our Prime Ministers in June 2025, the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group met over the course of last year in order to identify ways in which the UK and Canada can deepen cooperation, tackle market access ba...

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