Written Question·Treasury·UIN 81402

Trade Agreements: India

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Andrew Griffith

ConservativeArundel and South Downs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when negotiations on the double contribution convention with India will conclude.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
In a side letter to the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), agreed in July 2025, the UK and India committed to concluding the negotiations to allow for the Double Contributions Convention to enter into force at the same time as the CETA.