Committee
Business and Trade Committee
Departmental select committee
Commons
What it does
The Business and Trade Committee scrutinises the policy, spending and administration of the Department for Business and Trade and its public bodies.
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Our Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls scrutinises key elements of the UK Government’s economic security regime, and considers whether more needs to be done to ensure that its strategy can meet the challenges of an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape.
Previous publications on the scrutiny of International Trade can be found on the website of the International Trade Committee, which was disbanded in April 2023.
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Our Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls scrutinises key elements of the UK Government’s economic security regime, and considers whether more needs to be done to ensure that its strategy can meet the challenges of an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape.
Previous publications on the scrutiny of International Trade can be found on the website of the International Trade Committee, which was disbanded in April 2023.
Members
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Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP
Labour
Chair
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Alison Griffiths MP
Conservative
Member
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Antonia Bance MP
Labour
Member
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Charlie Maynard MP
Liberal Democrat
Member
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Chris Bloore MP
Labour
Member
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Dan Aldridge MP
Labour
Member
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John Cooper MP
Conservative
Member
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Justin Madders MP
Labour
Member
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Leigh Ingham MP
Labour
Member
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Mr Joshua Reynolds MP
Liberal Democrat
Member
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Sarah Edwards MP
Labour
Member
Recent outputs
- Report 8th Report - Pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for the Chair of the Financial Reporting Council 16 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from Ofcom relating to the Committee's Report on the Regulation of postal services, 9 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to round five of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Turkey, 9 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to workplace monitoring technologies, 8 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation relating to the Industrial Strategy, 3 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to a review on Right to Be Accompanied, 7 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to Statutory Instruments on trade union access under the Employment Rights Act, 6 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to code on time off for trade union duties and activities, 6 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation relating to the Committee's Post Office Horizon Report, 6 July 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Industry relating to energy costs and the Industrial strategy, 6 July 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster relating to the Government’s position on Ming Yang, 6 July 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from Unite the Union relating to zero hours workers, 29 June 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from UK Export Finance relating to the Defence Export Fund, 30 June 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to code of practice on distribution of tips, 29 June 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister of State for Trade relating to the outcomes from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission meeting, 26 June 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from UK Export Finance relating to the Committee's Report on Investing in the UK economy, 26 June 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter to the Minister for Industry relating to progress on the Industrial Strategy, 25 June 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Association of Investment Companies relating to the Committee's Report on investing in the UK economy, 24 June 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to electronic balloting for Trade Union ballots, 22 June 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to a statutory instrument on industrial action under Employment Rights Act, 24 June 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Post Office relating to Treasury Access to Banking Services Review, 25 June 2026 7 Jul 2026
- Report 7th Report - Small business strategy: Government Response 7 Jul 2026
- Report 6th Report - The UK-US economic relationship: 250 years on 4 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Port of Dover relating to EU Entry Exit System border arrangements over the summer, 29 June 2026 2 Jul 2026
- Correspondence Additional evidence from Chartered Trading Standards Institute relating to Consumer protection 30 Jun 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Trade relating to the new steel trade measures, 24 June 2026 30 Jun 2026
- Correspondence Letter to the Cabinet Office relating to the Government's position on Ming Yang, 22 June 2026 30 Jun 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Trade relating to UK-Mexico trade under CPTPP, 22 June 2026 30 Jun 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Science, Research, Innovation and Nuclear relating to use of overseas suppliers by Rolls-Royce SMR, 22 June 2026 30 Jun 2026
- Correspondence Letter from the Minister for Trade relating to UK-Malaysia Digital Trade Agreement negotiations, 22 June 2026 30 Jun 2026
Source: the official committee page.