Question follow-through · 2536
Food: Import Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable she has set for completing, and publishing the outcome of, the assessment of options for targeted reductions to agri-food import tariffs intended to reduce food prices for consumers, announced on 24 M
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable she has set for completing, and publishing the outcome of, the assessment of options for targeted reductions to agri-food import tariffs intended to reduce food prices for consumers, announced on 24 M
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2026
Answer published
The Chancellor announced on 30th April the suspension of tariffs on over £2 billion worth of imports with a detailed list of products covered by this published on 20th May. These will come into effect from June 21st. On 27th May the government launched a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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