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Harriett Baldwin
CON✓ Current MP
🏛️ West Worcestershire
📅 2010–2026
1,859 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 85.47% (#59 of 650 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.94%
📝 Topics: Overseas Trade: India, Trade Agreements: USA, Developing Countries: Education
🤝 Member of 17 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Written Answers
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Attorney General
To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on her Department.
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Cabinet Office
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on his Department.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what new Government contracts have been awarded to Fujitsu since 5 July 2024; and what the value was of those contracts.
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Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of steel tariffs on inflation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish an Impact Assessment for the UK Steel Strategy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made provisional allocations for the £2.5 billion assigned to the UK Steel Strategy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether other departmental budget lines are being reduced to fund the UK Steel Strategy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of tariff revenue from steel imports.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of steel tariffs on the number of jobs in UK manufacturing sectors.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the value of British Steel.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how long he plans to keep a blast furnace at Scunthorpe.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many jobs at Scunthorpe are supported by the blast furnace.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress his Department has made in its negotiations with Jingye over British Steel.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Non Disclosure Agreements his Department has in place with external business groups.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his policy is on reviewing Non Disclosure Agreements with external business groups.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which organisations his Department has Non Disclosure Agreements with.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has determined a (a) budget, (b) repayment schedule and (c) end date for its intervention in British Steel.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned upper limit is for (a) overall contributions and (b) annual contributions from the public purse for support for the UK steel industry.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Companies House news story entitled Update on Companies House WebFiling security issue, published on 16 March 2026, whether his Department is aware of any other security breaches in relation to Companies House.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish the Government’s response to the Future of the Post Office green paper consultation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with India; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Australia; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Japan; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Canada; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with New Zealand; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Brunei; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Chile; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Malaysia; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Mexico; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Peru; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Singapore; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Vietnam; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with France; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Germany; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with the Netherlands; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Spain; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Italy; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Poland; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Sweden; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are working on trade with Ireland; and how many he plans to have working on trade with that country in each of the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on how many occasions have Ministers in his Department have met with representatives of Royal Mail since September 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to initiate the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRAG) process for the UK–India Free Trade Agreement by laying the treaty before Parliament.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the press release entitled Joint statement between the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Prime Minister of Canada, published on 15 June 2025, on what date (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister of Canada expect to receive…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the Department's policy on the use of Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms in future free trade agreements.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what specific steps his Department is taking to tackle non-tariff barriers currently facing SMEs in the automotive sector that export to the United States.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his timetable is for the (a) consultation on and (b) implementation of the compensation scheme for steel undertakings referenced in his statement of 10 December 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish the Steel Strategy before the expiry of the current steel safeguards in 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what date his Department submitted the Impact Assessment relating to the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025 to the Regulatory Policy Committee for review.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of the £274 million funding provided to British Steel has been used to settle outstanding invoices owed to small and medium-sized enterprises in the supply chain; and what estimate he has made of the remaining value of…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on negotiations towards a UK–Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement; and what issues remain outstanding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to expand UK participation in global supply chains for semiconductors and critical minerals.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to reduce the cost of groceries by reducing tariffs on fruit and vegetables not (a) grown and (b) processed in the UK.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to publish a summary of responses to the call for evidence on the Pan-Euro Mediterranean Convention on Rules of Origin.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the time and resources required to negotiate UK accession to the PEM Convention with existing members.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has conducted a sectoral impact analysis of the potential UK accession to the PEM Convention.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits and risks to UK exporters of joining the Pan-Euro Mediterranean Convention.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the answer of 4 November 2025 to question UIN 86627, has the Minister convened the roundtable together with with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, the Post Office and key banks on potentially expanding the range of…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the uplifted Network Charging Compensation Scheme on the UK’s industrial electricity price competitiveness relative to other G7 economies.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people impacted by the Horizon IT system failure received settlements lower than their original claims.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Government paid in its settlement to Sir Alan Bates.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the uplift in compensation for energy intensive industries does not lead to increased costs for other electricity consumers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish a list of (a) sectors and (b) companies eligible for the 90% relief under the revised Network Charging Compensation Scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the uplift in Network Charging Compensation Scheme relief on small and medium-sized manufacturers not eligible for EII status.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is planning to take to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of the 90% compensation rate in supporting (i) decarbonisation and (ii) energy efficiency in energy intensive industries.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has conducted a regional impact assessment of the Network Charging Compensation Scheme uplift on industrial competitiveness across the devolved nations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Green Paper consultation on the Future of the Post Office, which ended on 6 October 2025. what progress he has made on holding joint discussions with the Post Office and banks on potentially expanding the range of banking…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish the UK Steel Strategy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on which dates the Steel Council has met since its formation in January 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many responses his Department has received to the his Department's consultation on the Green Paper: Future of the Post Office, which closed on 6 October 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on the Green Paper: Future of the Post Office, which closed on 6 October 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what procurement process his Department intends to use for selecting a replacement service for the Horizon system.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the European Union’s revised steel safeguard measures on UK steel exports.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what contingency plans his Department has in place to mitigate disruption to UK-EU steel trade arising from changes to EU safeguard measures.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what steps he has taken to (a) assess and (b) compensate for non-financial losses including (i) psychological trauma and…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, whether his Department plans to publish anonymised (a) case…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, whether legal support will be extended to postmasters who…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what the estimated cost is of funding legal advice for…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, what mechanisms are in place to monitor whether decision-makers are applying a generous approach within the appropriate range of…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what his planned timetable is for concluding discussions with…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which Minister has responsibility for the Post Office.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of inviting external stakeholders to provide information for the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group’s consideration of market access barriers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the terms of reference are for the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, who will be part of the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to place in the Library a copy of the report of the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department have included diversity quotas as part of selection criteria for contracts awarded since 5 July 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what pipeline of future inward investment opportunities is being managed by the Office for Investment as of 10 September 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many jobs have been created in each region by the Office for Investment since October 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what was the value of inward investment deals secured by the Office for Investment in (a) October 2024, (b) June 2025 and (c) September 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what gross value added has been measured for the Office for Investment in each month since its initial launch in 2020.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) corporate and (b) personal insolvencies were recorded by the Insolvency Service in each of the last twelve months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish the (a) final Impact Assessment and (b) data tables for the UK–India trade deal.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish the responses to the call for evidence on steel trade measures, which closed on 7 August 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish (a) the steel strategy and (b) the Government's response to the Plan for Steel consultation which closed on 31 March 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Trade Remedies Authority’s proposal to maintain anti‑dumping measures on ceramic tableware and kitchenware from China until July 2029 on (a) retailers and (b) consumers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to make a decision on the Trade Remedies Authority’s recommendation on anti‑dumping duty on bicycles and parts from China; and if he will publish the underlying evidence before a decision is made.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with his Canadian counterpart on reducing trade tariffs with that country.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what tariffs applied to steel exports to the United States of America on 9 July 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding has been allocated to the Post Office in each year of the 2025 Spending Review period.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK Export Finance expansion reaches small businesses.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the document entitled Implementing the Employment Rights Bill: Roadmap, published on 1 July 2025, whether his Department plans to publish a cost-benefit analysis of the phased implementation approach outlined in that document.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraph 7 of the document entitled Implementing the Employment Rights Bill: Roadmap, published on 1 July 2025, what criteria his Department plans to use to determine which provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 will be…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made on the potential impact of the accelerated Trade Strategy timetable on business planning.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help protect (a) jobs and (b) supply chains which are dependent on British Steel.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what programmes in his Department were not (a) renewed and (b) cancelled as a result of the zero-based budget review.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value was of his Department's activities which (a) lapsed and (b)were cancelled as a result of the 2025 zero-based budget review.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade of 1 July 2025 in the debate on Hospitality Sector, Official Report, column 81WH, when he plans to make an announcement on his…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade of 1 July 2025 in the debate on Hospitality Sector, Official Report, column 81WH, if he will publish reports produced by the licencing…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade of 1 July 2025 in the debate on Hospitality Sector, Official Report, column 81WH, what the membership of the licensing taskforce is.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether conditions were attached to the funding provided to British Steel to ensure (a) value for money and (b) long term sustainability.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025 and the £94 million announced to save the Scunthorpe plant and British Steel, how much further funding has been provided to British Steel since this announcement; and whether…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what key performance indicators his Department plans to use to measure the success of the Office for Investment; and how these differ from key performance indicators outlined at the launch of the Office.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which businesses have used the Office for Investment since October 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value was of inward investment deals for the Office of Investment in (a) October 2024 and (b) June 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the conversion success rate for inward investment deals managed by the Office for Investment is since October 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Record-breaking International Investment Summit secures £63 billion and nearly 38,000 jobs for the UK, published on 14 October 2024, what the regional breakdown is of those jobs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the energy sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to issue embargoed copies of the industrial strategy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what budget was allocated to the Office for Investment in the spending review 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the research published by IoD entitled IoD research finds employment law reforms will damage UK economic growth, published on 6 June 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, what the budget is of the expanded Office for Investment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, what expenditure has been incurred to allocate (a) office space, (b) furnishings and (c)) computers to the Office for Investment since July 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, where the expanded Office for Investment will be located.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, in May of which year the expanded Office for Investment will be operational.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, how many staff were allocated to the expanded Office for Investment in each month from July 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timeline is for compensation payments to people impacted by the Post Office data breach in June 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Post Office has taken to prevent future data breaches.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to commission an independent investigation into the Post Office data breach in June 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the About Us page for the Office for Investment on gov.uk, updated on 8 November 2024, when he plans to set out further details on the expanded Office for Investment; and when that expanded office will be operational.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the fourth iteration of the Post Office's Banking Framework, published on 30 April 2025, what steps his Department is taking to expand access through post offices to (a) cash and (b) banking services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications were received by UK Export Finance in each month of the last five years; and what the value of those applications was.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on payments through compensation schemes for postmasters impacted by failures in the Horizon system.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the (a) culture, (b) media and (c) sport sectors.
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department have included mandatory commitments to equality, diversity and inclusion training as part of it's procurement contracts awarded since 5 July 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 680, what steps she plans to take to help support (a) babies and (b) parents in each of the years of the 2025 Spending Review Period.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on her Department.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to Holiday Activities and Food Programme in each of the last three financial years; and how much funding has been allocated in each financial year of the 2025 Spending Review period.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spring Statement 2025, published on 26 March 2025, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for (a) improving skills and (b) increasing recruitment in the construction sector in the context of trends in…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of skilled workers entering employment as a result of construction skills funding in the Spring Statement 2025.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK–India Free Trade Agreement on his Department.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Ofgem's readiness criteria for the UK data centre sector on growth in that sector.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which farming areas in West Worcestershire constituency would qualify for the Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2025 to Question 96648, if she will set a target date for announcing the split between capital and revenue funding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to her answer to Q92990 if she can break down the annual expenditure and the total £4.2 billion into capital and revenue.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to extend the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Scheme beyond December 31st 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will break down the total £4.2 billion to flood defence spending in the Spending Review 2025 into capital and resource spending.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Deprived communities to get new flood defences faster further to the announcement, published on 14 October 2025, how much funding her Department will allocate under the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK–India Free Trade Agreement on his Department.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that livestock can move freely between land in England and Wales.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the (a) environment and (b) food sectors.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the capital budget for flood defences was in each of the last three fiscal years; and what the capital budget for flood defences is for each year of the 2025 Spending Review period.
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK–India Free Trade Agreement on his Department.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the (a) science and (b) technology sectors.
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Department for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support car dealers in Northern Ireland unable to access the UK market for vehicles due to manufacturers choosing not to dual approve under the UK–NI type approval system.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on her Department.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £209 million of reallocated HS2 Funding for Better Local Transport was allocated to Worcestershire for each of the seven years following the announcement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Local Transport Grant funding has been allocated to Worcestershire in each year of the Spending Review 2025.
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on her Department.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to continue the children's hospice grant beyond March 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.4 of the Spending Review Departmental Efficiency Plans, published on 11 June 2025, what the sickness absence rate was for NHS entities included in the NHS Productivity Plan as a percentage in each of the last…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the health and social care sectors.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure the 2027 Nigerian election is free, fair and fully competitive.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is providing for credible election observation and rule-of-law monitoring in Nigeria.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to support John Smith Trust fellowship programmes during the Spending Review Period.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on his Department.
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Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on her Department.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Migration Advisory Committee will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Double Contribution Convention with India on net migration levels.
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House of Commons Commission
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what is the annual cost of the Belu water used in the House of Commons; and when the contract was last tendered.
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Ministry of Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on his Department.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to devolve the District Council power to evict travellers and illegal encampments from council-owned land to Town and Parish councils.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on her Department.
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Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on her Department.
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Northern Ireland Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery will have the power to compel witnesses.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on Northern Ireland.
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Scotland Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on Scotland.
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long she plans to exempt steel production from the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria will be used to determine if a worker has met the six-month waiting period requirement under Article 8(4) of the Convention to prevent the use of back-to-back detachment periods.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the annual change in National Insurance contribution receipts as a result of the 36-month exemption for detached workers under Article 8 of the UK–India Double Contributions Convention.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department considered including self-employed people within the scope of the Double Contributions Convention signed with the Government of the Republic of India on 10 February 2026.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the 36-month National Insurance exemption under the UK–India Double Contributions Convention on the competitiveness of UK-based recruitment of domestic staff in the technology sector.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 112609 on Employees' Contributions: India, what plans she has with the Leader of the House to ensure the provision of adequate parliamentary time for the consideration of the Agreement on Social Security…
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Agreement on Social Security relating to Social Security Contributions between the United Kingdom and India is subject to the scrutiny requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which budget line is funding the contributions agreed to rejoin Erasmus Plus in the Spending Review period.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the estimated impact of the proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the competitiveness of UK steel exports.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 26 June to Question 61930, how many P85 forms have been submitted in each month from May 2025 to date.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to Question 93370, if she will commission from HMRC an analysis of the tax contribution of the British nationals the ONS estimates have left the UK since July 2024.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis she has commissioned from HMRC of the tax contribution made by the 257,000 British nationals who the ONS estimates left the UK in 2024.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase to the Energy Profits Levy announced in the Autumn Statement 2024 on (a) investment, (b) employment and (c) operations in the oil and gas sector.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Mansion House speech on 15 July 2025, what deregulatory steps her Department has taken as part of the commitment to roll back regulations that have gone too far since 15 July 2025.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the fiscal impact of the US-UK trade deal.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on financial services.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed the remittance basis in each of the last five tax years.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of administering cheque payments across government in 2024-25 financial year.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department collects information on the number of cheques issued by (a) the Government and (b) central government public bodies in 2024-25.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was to HMRC of administering cheque payments to (a) people and (b) companies in 2024-25.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cheques were issued by HMRC to (a) people and (b) companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people who claimed the remittance basis and will use the temporary repatriation facility in the last year.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of international investors in the UK.
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Wales Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on Wales.
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