Overseas Trade: Falkland Islands
(asked on 27th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many UK businesses his Department has identified as potentially affected by Argentinian measures relating to the Falkland Islands.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
His Majesty's Government is aware of several companies affected by recent Argentine actions relating to the Falkland Islands. We are working closely with affected businesses to understand their concerns and provide support.
The Falkland Islands are British and our support for the Islanders’ right of self-determination and lawful economic development is unwavering. We reject Argentina’s attempts to apply its domestic legislation extraterritorially to obstruct lawful economic activity connected with the Falkland Islands. The Government has announced its intention to introduce measures under the Protection of Trading Interests (PTI) legislation as part of the UK’s response to specified Argentine measures.