Question follow-through · 4539

Import Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed tariff reduction for everyday essentials on the (a) British farming and (b) British food production industries.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed tariff reduction for everyday essentials on the (a) British farming and (b) British food production industries.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The package is focused on products bought by households across the UK on a weekly basis. Some of those, such as chocolate and crisps, are produced in the UK as well as being imported. Others are mainly imported. It does not include any significant UK prim...

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