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Trade Promotion

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 3 February 2025UIN 26810

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 28 January on United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy Programme, HCWS392, whether he plans to appoint any additional United Kingdom Trade Envoys.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

There are no current plans to appoint any additional Trade Envoys beyond the 32 that were recently appointed.

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