Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has been made of the cost to the UK of setting up a commercial defence investigatory body to oversee anti-dumping (AD) and anti-subsidy (AS) investigations, follow up complaints by UK industry in line with WTO rules, monitor undertakings and monitor AD and countervailing measures arising out of AS investigations by other countries.

The Department for International Trade is in the process of developing a cost effective strategy for investigating and tackling dumping, subsidies and safeguards in order to protect domestic industry against injury whilst taking appropriate account of impacts on users and consumers and the wider trade agenda. This work is ongoing and cost estimates cannot yet be finalised.