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William Bain mentioned

Calendar
Tuesday 21st October 2025 4 p.m.
International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: UK-India Free Trade Agreement
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Alessandro Marongiu - Head of Trade Policy at Society of Motor Manufacturers (SMMT)
William Bain - Head of Trade Policy at British Chambers of Commerce
Paul Alger - Director of International Business at UK Fabrics and Textiles
Professor Sangeeta Khorana - Professor of International Trade at Aston University
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Tuesday 17th June 2025 3:30 p.m.
European Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: The UK-EU reset
At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Tom Bradshaw - President at National Farmers Union (NFU)
Professor Emily Lydgate - Professor of Environmental Law at University of Sussex
William Bain - Head of Trade Policy at British Chambers of Commerce
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Parliamentary Debates
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
105 speeches (26,985 words)
Committee stage
Wednesday 20th November 2024 - Grand Committee
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) want certainty.To start, I quote the head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, Mr William Bain - Link to Speech

Cost of Living and Brexit
168 speeches (27,775 words)
Wednesday 14th June 2023 - Commons Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) plans: the former Glasgow Labour MP, now head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, William Bain - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
136 speeches (9,760 words)
Thursday 18th May 2023 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) This week William Bain, the head of trade at the British Chambers of Commerce, said there was a strong - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 21st October 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-10-21 16:00:00+01:00

UK-India Free Trade Agreement - International Agreements Committee

Found: I am delighted to see that William Bain, head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, has

Tuesday 17th June 2025
Oral Evidence - National Farmers Union (NFU), University of Sussex, and British Chambers of Commerce

The UK-EU reset - European Affairs Committee

Found: William Bain: BCC members and business in general hugely welcome the outcomes of the summit.

Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - British Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses, The CityUK, and National Farmers' Union

Export-led growth - Business and Trade Committee

Found: William Bain: It doesn’t look like we will reach it by the end of the decade.

Monday 19th February 2024
Report - Second Report - UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Business and Trade Committee

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), told us that those aspects of

Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Oral Evidence - British Chambers of Commerce, UK Trade Policy Observatory, and Trade Justice Movement

Business and Trade Committee

Found: Examination of witnesses Witnesses: William Bain, Dr Minako Morita-Jaeger and Leo Verity.

Tuesday 18th July 2023
Oral Evidence - British Chambers of Commerce, UK in a Changing Europe, UK Trade Policy Observatory, and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Business and Trade Committee

Found: William Bain: That is an interesting question.

Saturday 29th April 2023
Report - 4th Report - The future UK-EU relationship

European Affairs Committee

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), told us that there had



Parliamentary Research
The UK–EU reset: Next steps after the May 2025 summit - CBP-10312
Jul. 29 2025

Found: According to William Bain of British Chambers of Commerce, the UK food industry is spending £60 million

Resetting the UK's relationship with the European Union - CBP-10207
Mar. 05 2025

Found: The BBC reported comments from the head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, William Bain



Department Publications - News and Communications
Thursday 24th July 2025
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: Business leaders welcome the UK-India Free Trade Agreement
Document: Business leaders welcome the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (webpage)

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said:  The signing of this agreement is a clear signal

Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: Prime Minister secures thousands of British jobs and £6 billion in investment and export wins as historic trade deal with India signed
Document: Prime Minister secures thousands of British jobs and £6 billion in investment and export wins as historic trade deal with India signed (webpage)

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: The signing of this agreement is a clear signal

Monday 29th July 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: New Government drives forward trade talks to turbocharge economic growth
Document: New Government drives forward trade talks to turbocharge economic growth (webpage)

Found: Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce William Bain said: Businesses are eager to

Friday 17th May 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: Businesses set to benefit as UK concludes tax agreement with Peru and ratifies deal to join major Indo-Pacific trade bloc
Document: Businesses set to benefit as UK concludes tax agreement with Peru and ratifies deal to join major Indo-Pacific trade bloc (webpage)

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said:   There are few multi-national

Wednesday 20th March 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: UK takes major step towards joining Indo-Pacific trade bloc
Document: UK takes major step towards joining Indo-Pacific trade bloc (webpage)

Found: Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce William Bain said:  Royal Assent for CPTPP

Thursday 8th February 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Source Page: UK extends tariff-free trade with Ukraine until 2029
Document: UK extends tariff-free trade with Ukraine until 2029 (webpage)

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy, British Chambers of Commerce, said: The extension of zero tariff

Tuesday 29th August 2023
Cabinet Office
Source Page: New border controls to protect the UK against security and biosecurity threats and ensure smooth flow of goods
Document: New border controls to protect the UK against security and biosecurity threats and ensure smooth flow of goods (webpage)

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Businesses will be pleased

Wednesday 5th April 2023
Cabinet Office
Source Page: UK Government publishes draft proposals for new border controls
Document: UK Government publishes draft proposals for new border controls (webpage)

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: The BCC is a big believer



Department Publications - Transparency
Monday 30th December 2024
Cabinet Office
Source Page: New Year Honours List 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: Empire Members of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Order of the British Empire Dr William Bain



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Jul. 23 2025
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
Source Page: Prime Minister secures thousands of British jobs and £6 billion in investment and export wins as historic trade deal with India signed
Document: Prime Minister secures thousands of British jobs and £6 billion in investment and export wins as historic trade deal with India signed (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: The signing of this agreement is a clear signal




William Bain mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement
60 speeches (55,782 words)
Thursday 12th December 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) We are joined online by Adam Berman, director of policy and advocacy, Energy UK, and William Bain, head - Link to Speech
2: None not try to get those things done, so that when they enter into that larger package that I think William Bain - Link to Speech

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement
107 speeches (108,394 words)
Thursday 9th May 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) joined by Kate Foster, senior international affairs adviser, Federation of Small Businesses, and William Bain - Link to Speech
2: None There were impacts for business mobility, as William Bain said, although we were still experiencing Covid - Link to Speech
3: None really small number of businesses have been able to do that.To make a similar point to the one that William Bain - Link to Speech
4: None That was a real pain point.Now, as William Bain has alluded to, there is the labour shortage; businesses - Link to Speech
5: None I echo a lot of what William Bain has just said. - Link to Speech