Written questions

Iron and Steel: UK Trade with EU

Commons · Question 81848 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what contingency plans his Department has in place to mitigate disruption to UK-EU steel trade arising from changes to EU safeguard measures.

Answer

Answered by Chris McDonald, 20 Oct 2025

The Government is engaging with the EU on how their proposed trade measure will be applied to the UK, in a way which honours our Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Windsor Framework and minimises disruption; we are reserving the right to take any action...