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Customs Unions: European Union |
| Question ID: |
1758555 |
| UIN: |
HL4389 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1796 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Taylor of Warwick
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| Asking Member handle: |
Lord_ofWarwick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_ofWarwick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of increasing trade relations with the EU, particularly by joining the European Union Customs Union. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-04 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5373 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Gustafsson
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Gustafsson
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| Answer text: |
This government is committed to trade policy that is based on data, and the evidence is clear that better trading relations with the EU are crucial to the overarching goal of better economic growth. However, as Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said at the Bus... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |