Question follow-through · 118111
Trade Promotion: Accountability
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
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.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Trade Envoy Programme is a network of Parliamentarians appointed to specific markets by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. Membership of the programme is cross party and includes representation from both the House of Commons and House of L...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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