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Trade Promotion

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 3 February 2025UIN 26809

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 January on United Kingdom 's Trade Envoy Programme, HCWS392, whether any United Kingdom Trade Envoys appointed by the former Prime Minister are still in po

Answered by Gareth Thomas

Of the 32 Trade Envoys appointed, three are still in post from the previous administration. Many of the previous government’s Trade Envoys are no longer parliamentarians.

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