Question follow-through · 108744

UK Trade with EU: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, 22 December 2025, what plans he has to align with the EU Single Market in relation to manufactured goods.

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 27 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 29 Jan 2026
Answer: 9 Feb 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, 22 December 2025, what plans he has to align with the EU Single Market in relation to manufactured goods.
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
This government remains committed to reducing barriers to trade and cutting red-tape. There are clear areas where closer alignment with the EU can benefit UK businesses, as demonstrated by our negotiations on a food and drinks agreement. However, the gove...

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