Written questions

Ethanol: USA

Commons · Question 60580 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 20 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the quantity of ethanol permitted to enter the UK tariff-free under the UK-US trade agreement on the UK bioethanol industry; and what

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 20 Jun 2025

Since the announcement of the UK-US Economic Deal on 8 May, the Secretary of State and senior officials from the Department for Business and Trade have been meeting with representatives of the bioethanol sector in the Tees Valley and Humberside to discuss...