This session of the UK Trade and Business Commission took place on 6th April 2023. 

The Commission heard evidence from six expert witnesses on what role devolution and levelling up have in future trade deals.

The Commission heard views on how international trade policy, a reserved matter, interacts with diverse range of devolved regulation. In the second panel of the session, Commissioners also explored how future trade deals can support the levelling up agenda.

Witnesses

Panel 1: Devolution (1000h-1100h)

Stacey Dingwall, Head of Policy (Scotland), Federation of Small Businesses

Billy Melo-Araujo, Senior Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast, School of Law

Dr Ludivine Petetin, Reader of Law, Cardiff University School of Law and Politics

Panel 2: Levelling up (1100h-1200h)

Paul Swinney, Director of Policy and Research, Centre for Cities

Emma Degg, Chief Executive, North West Business Leadership Team

Professor Graeme Atherton, Head, Centre for Inequality and Levelling Up