Question follow-through · 108985
UK Trade with EU: Certification and Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of Government support for accreditation and conformity assessment on businesses’ access to international markets.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of Government support for accreditation and conformity assessment on businesses’ access to international markets.
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Feb 2026
Answer published
The UK Government continues to support British businesses through free trade and mutual recognition agreements, in line with the Trade Strategy. These agreements typically include provisions that support the accreditation and conformity assessment sectors...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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