Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's press release of 26 November 2021 entitled DIT removes 20 per cent more trade barriers to unlock major markets for British business, what assessment she has made of impact of the removal of trade barriers on levels of British trade in the last six months.

The Department for International Trade helped to remove 217 barriers in 2020/2021. More information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/market-access-barrier-statistics/market-access-barrier-statistics-financial-year-2020-to-2021

We continue to remove barriers and support businesses to benefit from the related trading opportunities. Recent successes include securing access for poultry meat to Japan, estimated to be worth £65million over the first 5 years of trade to farmers and producers across Britain.