Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 14112

Electric Vehicles: Batteries

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 2 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Rebecca Smith

ConservativeSouth West Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing additional tariffs on battery electric vehicles manufactured in China.

Answer

Chris Bryant
The UK continues to remain concerned about overcapacity and underlying market distorting practices, in particular the impact this could have on UK domestic industries such as battery electric vehicles. We continue to carefully assess options for addressin...

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