Question follow-through · 28391
Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the UK - Faroe Islands free trade agreement to encourage his Faroese counterparts to ban dolphin hunting.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the UK - Faroe Islands free trade agreement to encourage his Faroese counterparts to ban dolphin hunting.
15 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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15 Sept 2026
Answer published
The UK-Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement provides an important framework for the UK Government to engage with the Faroese Government. UK officials have and will continue to raise the UK's opposition to cetacean hunting at meetings of the Joint Committee ...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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