Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands
Commons · Question 28392 · 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, whether he has plans to introduce a standing agenda item on dolphin hunting at future meetings of the Joint Committee established under the UK - Faeroe Island Free Trade Agreement.
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 ...