Question follow-through · 12114
Motor Vehicles: Australia
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made in improving market access for small car manufacturers to export to Australia.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made in improving market access for small car manufacturers to export to Australia.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jun 2026
Answer published
We have discussed and progressed UK small volume car manufacturers (SVMs) concerns at official and Ministerial level with Australia, including through dialogue under our UK-Australia FTA and via regulator‑to‑regulator discussions, all focused on improving...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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