Asked by: Huw Merriman (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question to the Department for International Development:
What steps her Department is taking to promote trade between the UK and least developed countries.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The UK is a proud advocate of helping developing countries trade their way out of poverty. The Government has introduced the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill which enables creation of a trade preference scheme. This will maintain existing tariff free access to the UK for Least Developed Countries as we leave the EU.