Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 65674

Small Businesses: Overseas Trade

Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Andrew Griffith

ConservativeArundel and South Downs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce cross-border trade processes for small businesses.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
There are a number of different Departments and agencies with responsibility for cross-border processes. The Government’s Trade Strategy sets out how HMG will continue to work to support business, including through DBT working with industry on initiatives...

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