Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2015 to Question 126039 on Trade Remedies Authority, what his Department's definition is of a timely manner.

At the conclusion of an investigation where the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) recommends measures to my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade, it is important that there is no undue delay in the decision to apply measures to protect UK industry from unfair trade or unforeseen surges in imports. However in some cases, this decision may involve complex considerations, and it is important that a strict time pressure does not compromise such considerations, such as national security.