Question follow-through · 121931
Trade Agreements: Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the risk that UK firms could be linked through supply chains to surveillance, security or prison-related technology used in Hong Kong’s correctio
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the risk that UK firms could be linked through supply chains to surveillance, security or prison-related technology used in Hong Kong’s correctio
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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26 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government continues to highlight concerns about the erosion of rights and freedoms in Hong Kong in public statements, and monitors associated risks through wider human‑rights and supply‑chain due‑diligence policies. UK businesses are guided by NCSC s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Construction: Government Assistance
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on supply chain disruption to the construction industry as a consequence of global effects; and what steps his Department is taking to help mitigate
Construction: Government Assistance
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help small construction companies in the context of recent global supply chain disruption to the construction industry.