Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Price on 8 December (HL3478), whether their commitment to promoting UK exports of goods and services includes the adoption of an import substitution policy; and if so, which goods and services are included in that policy.

This Government’s trade policy will position the UK as an open, outward looking economy and a world leader for free and fair trade, maximising opportunities for UK exporters. Protectionist barriers are against the interests of the UK consumer and the wider UK economy.