Written Question·Treasury·UIN 100051

Trade Competitiveness

Tabled: 15 December 2025

Answered: 18 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Alison Griffiths

Conservative — Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent analysis she has undertaken of the competitiveness of UK border processes compared with those of key trading partners.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson

The UK is a member of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and a contracting party to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The UK is fully committed to the standards set by the WCO and the obligations set out in the TFA...

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