James Sunderland asks the Government what incentives are being considered by the Treasury to attract new companies to the UK and retain those already here to make the most of the Government's new trade deals and make the new EU trade deal work.

James Sunderland (Bracknell) (Con)

Given the current imperative to forge new trade deals worldwide, and also to make the new EU trade deal work, what incentives are being considered by the Treasury to both attract new companies to the UK and retain those that are already here?

Steve Barclay 

As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor set out a moment ago, the Office for Investment, led by Lord Grimstone, is focused on exactly that issue, working in tandem with the Build Back Better Business Council, which the Prime Minister and the Chancellor chair.

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