Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 59418

Business: Imports

Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 20 June 2025

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street businesses whose shipping imports from Asia have to be re-routed around Africa.

Answer

Gareth Thomas
For businesses to invest and thrive they need confidence in their supply chains. This government is committed to assessing where supply chains critical to the United Kingdom's economic security and growth could be vulnerable to disruption, including those...
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