Overseas Companies: Imports

(asked on 11th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of companies moving production to European locations and importing the goods on the job security, pay and conditions of their workers.


Answered by
Kelly Tolhurst Portrait
Kelly Tolhurst
This question was answered on 16th October 2018

We are committed to getting the best possible deal for the United Kingdom - a deal that works for all parts of the UK economy.

The Government is working to maintain employment security by actively engaging with employers and ensure them that the UK remains one of the best places in the world to start and grow a business.

That includes supporting those businesses that trade with the EU and wider international markets, as well as continuing to encourage record foreign direct investment that supports business and communities up and down the country.

Investor confidence remains high and according to EY’s 2018 annual attractiveness survey, “the UK remains the number one destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Europe, ahead of Germany and France”.

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