Oral QuestionDepartment for Business and Trade

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 24 April 2025Answered: 1 May 2025

Asked by

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)Stoke-on-Trent Central

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Answer from Hansard

Jonathan Reynolds

I am always keen to support my hon. Friend, and I will certainly consider that legislation. We are not a protectionist Government—we welcome open and free trade—but we believe British goods can compete on quality, and his area is a fine example of that. Where British goods are being undercut, not by price and fair competition but by misrepresentation and fraudulent practices, we take that seriously and have taken more powers to deal with it. I am sure that he will raise this shortly during the urgent question. We will ensure that we give him the support he needs to pursue it.