Select Committee · Business and Trade Committee

Export led growth

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Jan 2025 Closed: 10 Mar 2026 28 recommendations 5 conclusions 2 reports

The Government has set its sights on achieving the "highest sustained growth in the G7". This will be backed by new industrial and trade strategies to boost productivity, create good jobs and strengthen global partnerships including with the EU. The Business and Trade Committee will examine the Government's trade strategy as the UK navigates a …

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Reports

2 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
8th Report - Export led growth: Trade with the Asia-Pacific… HC 1048 29 Jun 2025 13 Responded
6th Report – How to strengthen UK-EU relations: Policy Prio… HC 908 15 May 2025 20 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
4 Recommendation 8th Report - Export led growth: Trade w… Deferred

Explore widening UK-Japan partnership to include digital, cyber technologies and AUKUS ties.

The UK should explore with Japan the potential to widen the partnership to include digital and cyber technologies, to explore potential ties to the AUKUS programme, and to develop joint exports to allies across the region. 34 Furthermore, the Government should quickly deepen the economic security dialogues with Asia Pacific …

Government response. The government's response focused on the importance of education exports and soft power strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, including ongoing engagement by the International Education Champion and the development of a Soft Power Strategy. This did not address the committee's …
Department for Business and Trade

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
3 Jun 2025 Andy Richardson · Special Melted Products, David Exwood · National Farmers Union, George Drakos · Bridgnorth Aluminium, Jonathan Legh-Smith · UKQuantum, Murray Paul · Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Paul Kenward · ABF Sugar, Russell Codling · Tata Steel UK, Sabina Ciofu · techUK, Simon Thomas · Paragraf, Steve Bates · Bioindustry Association View ↗
25 Mar 2025 Alex Gover · Intralink, Charlie Humphreys · Asia House, Douglas Barrie · International Institute for Strategic Studies, Harry Anderson · Universities UK, Helen Brocklebank · Walpole, Ian Gibbons OBE · UK ASEAN Business Council, Johanna Kyrklund · Schroders, Mr Jonathan Brenton · Pernod Ricard, Nicola Watkinson · TheCityUK View ↗
25 Feb 2025 Eric Gottwald · AFL-CIO, Frank Aaskov · UK Steel, George Magnus · University of Oxford China Centre and School of Oriental and African Studies, Lord Mark Sedwill, Cabinet Secretary (2018-2020), Mr Marley Morris · Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Rebecca Sedler · National Grid, Rosa Crawford · Trade Union Congress (TUC), Sarah Williams · Green Alliance, Sean Sargent · Green Lithium, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles · China-Britain Business Council, The Lord Hannan of Kingsclere · Institute for Free Trade, Tom Brufatto · Best for Britain, Tom Wills · Trade Justice Movement View ↗
21 Jan 2025 Amanda Brooks CBE · Department for Business and Trade, Niall MacEntee-Creighton · Cabinet Office, Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP · Department for Business and Trade, Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP · Cabinet Office View ↗

Correspondence

30 letters
DateDirectionTitle
11 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to round nine of negotiati…
3 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to the signature of the UK…
6 Jan 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to round three of negotiat…
6 Jan 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to the UK-Swiss mutual rec…
6 Jan 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to the Southern Africa Cus…
6 Jan 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minster of State for Trade relating to the UK-Republic of Korea…
12 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to EU Cumulation and Direc…
4 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to round eight of negotiat…
21 Oct 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to round 2 of negotiations…
15 Oct 2025 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State relating to UK-Greenland Partnership, Trade …
15 Oct 2025 To cttee Letter from Minister of State for Trade relating to UK’s WTO Article XXVIII pro…
2 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from the Paymaster General and the Minister for Trade Policy and Economi…
2 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State relating to the UK's bioethanol industry, 4 …
23 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security relating to rou…
23 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security relati…
15 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security relating to launch …
1 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security relati…
1 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security relati…
24 Jun 2025 To cttee Letter from AB Sugar relating to UK Bio-ethanol industry, 18 June 2025
24 Jun 2025 From cttee Letter to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and the Secretary of St…