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William Bain mentioned

Calendar
Tuesday 17th June 2025 3:30 p.m.
European Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: The UK-EU reset
At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Tom Bradshaw - President at National Farmers Union (NFU)
Professor Emily Lydgate - Professor of Environmental Law at University of Sussex
William Bain - Head of Trade Policy at British Chambers of Commerce
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Parliamentary Debates
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
105 speeches (26,985 words)
Committee stage
Wednesday 20th November 2024 - Grand Committee
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) want certainty.To start, I quote the head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, Mr William Bain - Link to Speech

Cost of Living and Brexit
168 speeches (27,775 words)
Wednesday 14th June 2023 - Commons Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) plans: the former Glasgow Labour MP, now head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, William Bain - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
136 speeches (9,760 words)
Thursday 18th May 2023 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) This week William Bain, the head of trade at the British Chambers of Commerce, said there was a strong - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 17th June 2025
Oral Evidence - National Farmers Union (NFU), University of Sussex, and British Chambers of Commerce

The UK-EU reset - European Affairs Committee

Found: William Bain: BCC members and business in general hugely welcome the outcomes of the summit.

Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - British Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses, The CityUK, and National Farmers' Union

Export-led growth - Business and Trade Committee

Found: William Bain: It doesn’t look like we will reach it by the end of the decade.

Monday 19th February 2024
Report - Second Report - UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Business and Trade Committee

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), told us that those aspects of

Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Oral Evidence - British Chambers of Commerce, UK Trade Policy Observatory, and Trade Justice Movement

Business and Trade Committee

Found: Examination of witnesses Witnesses: William Bain, Dr Minako Morita-Jaeger and Leo Verity.

Tuesday 18th July 2023
Oral Evidence - British Chambers of Commerce, UK in a Changing Europe, UK Trade Policy Observatory, and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Business and Trade Committee

Found: William Bain: That is an interesting question.

Saturday 29th April 2023
Report - 4th Report - The future UK-EU relationship

European Affairs Committee

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), told us that there had

Tuesday 13th December 2022
Oral Evidence - British Chamber of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), and Institute of Directors

The future UK-EU relationship - European Affairs Committee

Found: William Bain: I entirely agree.

Tuesday 13th December 2022
Oral Evidence - British Chamber of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), and Institute of Directors

The future UK-EU relationship - European Affairs Committee

Found: William Bain: I entirely agree.

Tuesday 13th December 2022
Oral Evidence - British Chamber of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), and Institute of Directors

The future UK-EU relationship - European Affairs Committee

Found: William Bain: I entirely agree.

Friday 11th November 2022
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022-23 (to 1 March 23)

International Trade Committee

Found: Strategy , Cranfield School of Manage ment, James Kan e, Associate , Institute for Government , and William Bain

Friday 22nd October 2021
Oral Evidence - Road Haulage Association, Recruitment and Employment Confederation, Food and Drink Federation, British Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses, and Make UK
Road Haulage Association, Recruitment and Employment Confederation, Food and Drink Federation, British Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses, and Make UK

Business and Trade Committee

Found: II: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy, British Chambers of Commerce; Martin McTague, National Vice



Parliamentary Research
Resetting the UK's relationship with the European Union - CBP-10207
Mar. 05 2025

Found: The BBC reported comments from the head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, William Bain

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: HL Bill 89 of 2022–23 - LLN-2023-0007
Jan. 27 2023

Found: said that a survey of its members had highlighted a low level of priority for deregulation. 128 William Bain



Department Publications - Transparency
Monday 30th December 2024
Cabinet Office
Source Page: New Year Honours List 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: Empire Members of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Order of the British Empire Dr William Bain



Department Publications - News and Communications
Monday 29th July 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: New Government drives forward trade talks to turbocharge economic growth
Document: New Government drives forward trade talks to turbocharge economic growth (webpage)

Found: Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce William Bain said: Businesses are eager to

Friday 17th May 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: Businesses set to benefit as UK concludes tax agreement with Peru and ratifies deal to join major Indo-Pacific trade bloc
Document: Businesses set to benefit as UK concludes tax agreement with Peru and ratifies deal to join major Indo-Pacific trade bloc (webpage)

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said:   There are few multi-national

Wednesday 20th March 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: UK takes major step towards joining Indo-Pacific trade bloc
Document: UK takes major step towards joining Indo-Pacific trade bloc (webpage)

Found: Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce William Bain said:  Royal Assent for CPTPP

Thursday 8th February 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: UK extends tariff-free trade with Ukraine until 2029
Document: UK extends tariff-free trade with Ukraine until 2029 (webpage)

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy, British Chambers of Commerce, said: The extension of zero tariff

Tuesday 29th August 2023
Cabinet Office
Source Page: New border controls to protect the UK against security and biosecurity threats and ensure smooth flow of goods
Document: New border controls to protect the UK against security and biosecurity threats and ensure smooth flow of goods (webpage)

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Businesses will be pleased

Wednesday 5th April 2023
Cabinet Office
Source Page: UK Government publishes draft proposals for new border controls
Document: UK Government publishes draft proposals for new border controls (webpage)

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: The BCC is a big believer




William Bain mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement
60 speeches (55,782 words)
Thursday 12th December 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) We are joined online by Adam Berman, director of policy and advocacy, Energy UK, and William Bain, head - Link to Speech
2: None not try to get those things done, so that when they enter into that larger package that I think William Bain - Link to Speech

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement
107 speeches (108,394 words)
Thursday 9th May 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) joined by Kate Foster, senior international affairs adviser, Federation of Small Businesses, and William Bain - Link to Speech
2: None There were impacts for business mobility, as William Bain said, although we were still experiencing Covid - Link to Speech
3: None really small number of businesses have been able to do that.To make a similar point to the one that William Bain - Link to Speech
4: None That was a real pain point.Now, as William Bain has alluded to, there is the labour shortage; businesses - Link to Speech
5: None I echo a lot of what William Bain has just said. - Link to Speech