Question follow-through · 114832
Africa: Bananas
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what step she is taking with his African counterparts to help ensure that women in the West and Central African banana trade are supported and employed.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 23 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what step she is taking with his African counterparts to help ensure that women in the West and Central African banana trade are supported and employed.
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2026
Answer published
The UK's Economic Partnership Agreements and Developing Countries Trading Scheme provide West and Central African partners with preferential access to the UK market, supporting growth, employment, and development of resilient agricultural supply chains. T...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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