Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 118348

Small Businesses: UK Trade with EU

Tabled: 5 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Steff Aquarone

Liberal DemocratNorth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help reduce bureaucracy and improve export processes for SMEs trading with the EU.

Answer

Chris Bryant
We are improving our relationship with the EU and will align with the EU where it is in our national interest. This will help reduce barriers to trade, and the bureaucracy and onerous paperwork for UK businesses, particularly SMEs. Alongside this, DBT pub...

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