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Trade Agreements: Impact Assessments

Asked by David ChadwickLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 20 March 2025UIN 37897

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether future trade deals will include impact assessments for (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) the regions of England.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

For new free trade agreements (FTAs), the Government publishes impact assessments to support the parliamentary scrutiny process of FTAs. The analysis will include an assessment on the UK's regions and nations as well as UK growth and trade.

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