Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 50319

Overseas Investment: Western Sahara

Tabled: 6 May 2025

Answered: 14 May 2025

Question

Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to encourage UK companies to invest in Morocco’s Western Sahara region, in the context of (a) levels of (i) economic growth and (ii) infrastructure development in th

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander

It is for companies to make their own decisions regarding investments in Western Sahara, as in any other region, based on the information available to them including from the Department of Business and Trade.Products originating in Western Sahara, subject...

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