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Trade Barriers: Regulation

Asked by Andrew GriffithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 13 January 2026UIN 104310

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what mechanisms his Department uses to collect feedback from businesses on trade barriers arising from domestic regulation.

Answered by Chris Bryant

The Department for Business and Trade has collected business feedback on domestic regulation through a business questionnaire and will continue to run the Business Perceptions Survey to gather quantitative data.

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