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

  1. 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

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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