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Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands

Commons · Question 28391 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the UK - Faroe Islands free trade agreement to encourage his Faroese counterparts to ban dolphin hunting.

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 15 Sep 2026

The UK-Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement provides an important framework for the UK Government to engage with the Faroese Government. UK officials have and will continue to raise the UK's opposition to cetacean hunting at meetings of the Joint Committee ...