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Small Businesses: Northern Ireland

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 10 September 2024UIN 3696

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Department for the Economy on protecting small businesses in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

DBT Ministers have engaged with the Northern Ireland Executive since assuming office, including productive meetings and correspondence at SoS and Minister of State level as well as detailed and ongoing official level dialogue regarding the interests of Northern Ireland Executive and businesses in Northern Ireland in the UK Government growth agenda.

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