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Stone: Exports

Asked by Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 18 November 2025UIN 89156

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of overseas (a) subsidies and (b) export support on the competitiveness of UK natural stone producers; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing similar support.

Answered by Chris Bryant

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is committed to supporting businesses, including natural stone producers, to grow and export. UK businesses can access DBT’s wealth of export support via business.gov.uk.

This support is available to all UK businesses including those that wish to export natural stone.

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