Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 24848

Chemicals: Manufacturing Industries

Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 13 February 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help protect the chemical industry from (a) site closures and (b) job losses.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The chemicals sector underpins almost all manufacturing in the UK and is fundamental to maximising growth and productivity across the economy to drive forward the government’s missions, including delivering growth for all. Reforms are underway to address ...
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