Select Committee · Business and Trade Committee

Export-led growth

Status: Closed Opened: 26 May 2023 Closed: 24 May 2024

The Business and Trade Committee has launched an inquiry into Export-led growth. The Committee will examine how well equipped the UK is to achieve the ambitious target set by the Government for growth in UK exports by the end of the current decade. It will also consider how the UK can take advantage of export … Show more

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
30 Apr 2024 Rachel Gwyon · Department for Business and Trade, Rt Hon Greg Hands MP · Department for Business and Trade, The Lord Offord of Garvel CVO · Department for Business and Trade View ↗
23 Apr 2024 Catherine McBride · Centre for Brexit Policy, David Henig · European Centre for International Political Economy, Emily Fry · Resolution Foundation, Shanker Singham · Competere Group, The Rt Hon Lord Frost of Allenton CMG View ↗
19 Mar 2024 Duncan Edwards OBE · British American Business, Fergus McReynolds · British Chamber of Commerce EU | Belgium, Lucinda Walker · British Chamber of Commerce in Korea View ↗
5 Mar 2024 Chris Cholerton · Rolls-Royce plc, Dr Elena Georgiadou · Loughborough University, Dylan McMahon · Kendal Nutricare, Kate Foster · Federation of Small Businesses, Klemens Kober · German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Masamichi Ito · Japan External Trade Organization, Mr John Cooke · TheCityUK, Mr William Bain · British Chambers of Commerce, Nick von Westenholz · National Farmers' Union, Vince Jesaitis · Arm Holdings plc View ↗

Who gave evidence

21 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Catherine McBride · Senior Fellow Centre for Brexit Policy 1
Chris Cholerton · Group President Rolls-Royce plc 1
David Henig · Director of the UK Trade Policy Project European Centre for International Political Economy 1
Dr Elena Georgiadou · Lecturer in International Management Loughborough University 1
Duncan Edwards OBE · CEO British American Business 1
Dylan McMahon · Head of Growth Kendal Nutricare 1
Emily Fry · Senior Economist Resolution Foundation 1
Fergus McReynolds · Representative British Chamber of Commerce EU | Belgium 1
Kate Foster · Head of International Affairs Federation of Small Businesses 1
Klemens Kober · Director, Trade Policy German Chambers of Industry and Commerce 1
Lucinda Walker · Executive Director British Chamber of Commerce in Korea 1
Masamichi Ito · Director of Industrial Research Japan External Trade Organization 1
Mr John Cooke · Co-Chair of the Liberalisation of Trade in Servic… TheCityUK 1
Mr William Bain · Head of Trade Policy British Chambers of Commerce 1
Nick von Westenholz · Director of Trade and Business Strategy National Farmers' Union 1
Rachel Gwyon · Director for Export Strategy Department for Business and Trade 1
Rt Hon Greg Hands MP · Minister for Trade Policy Department for Business and Trade 1
Shanker Singham · CEO and Chair Competere Group 1
The Lord Offord of Garvel CVO · Minister for Exports Department for Business and Trade 1
The Rt Hon Lord Frost of Allenton CMG 1
Vince Jesaitis · Government Affairs Arm Holdings plc 1