Question follow-through · 108526
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to provide Parliament with the opportunity to scrutinise the US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal before its provisions take effect.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to provide Parliament with the opportunity to scrutinise the US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal before its provisions take effect.
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Feb 2026
Answer published
Any final agreement will be scrutinised by Parliament in line with established procedures. Any primary or secondary legislation required to implement an agreement will also be subject to standard legislative procedures.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Small Businesses: Exports
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Business: Exports
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Consumers: Protection
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Consumers: Protection
10 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consumer rights legislation provides adequate protection for purchasers of cloud-dependent products when manufacturers end service provision.
British Steel
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much and what proportion of the working capital funding provided to British Steel has been allocated to (a) raw materials, (b) salaries and (c) other operational costs.
British Steel
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on British Steel's export competitiveness during the period of special measures.
Iron and Steel
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation his Department has undertaken with steel industry stakeholders on the development of a UK steel sector strategy.
Department for Business and Trade: Personnel Management
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many directors with responsibility for human resources are employed in his Department and its executive agencies; and how many of those directors hold professional HR qualifications from the Charte
Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the prevalence of unfair trading practices in the UK clothing supply chain and (b) the potential merits of establishing a Garment Trading Adjudicator to provide
Trade Promotion: Accountability
4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve transparency and public accountability of the trade envoy programme, including the publication of outcomes achieved and costs incurred.
Trade Promotion
5 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress trade envoys have made in reducing non-tariff barriers to trade for businesses in their designated markets.
Trade Promotion
5 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department uses a criteria to assess the reputational implications for the United Kingdom of appointing a trade envoy to a country with a poor human rights record.