Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with the Scottish and Welsh Governments and Northern Ireland Executive to promote trade between the UK and the Western Balkans.

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade supports businesses across the UK to pursue opportunities in the Western Balkans. Our activities include addressing market-access barriers in the region and engaging businesses and chambers of commerce to support opportunities in sectors including infrastructure, clean energy, critical minerals and digital services. We also promote this trading relationship via the implementation of our trade agreements with Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania and Serbia.

We continue to engage the Devolved Governments, alongside their own export support, to ensure businesses across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can benefit from opportunities arising from the UK's trading relationships with the region.