{"value":{"id":1892491,"askingMemberId":5288,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-03-18T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-03-23T00:00:00","uin":"121983","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of negotiating UK access into the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention.","answeringBodyId":214,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business and Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1446,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-03-23T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In the UK’s Trade Strategy, the government recognised the potential merits and impacts of UK accession to the Pan-Euro Mediterranean Convention (PEM) and committed to engaging business further. The government ran a five-week call for evidence from November to December last year to understand the potential impacts of accession on businesses. The Government will publish the findings in due course.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1892491","method":"GET"}]}