Written questions

656 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how long the scrutiny period for documents laid before Parliament for the UK-India trade deal will be.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he will lay before Parliament the (a) section 42 Agriculture Act 2020 report and (b) Trade and Agriculture Commission’s advice for the UK–India trade deal.

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC plan to respond to the correspondence of (a) 13 March, (b) 10 June and (c) 10 July from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Argentina and Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with his Canadian counterpart on a potential trade deal with Argentina.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Canadian Government on a potential UK-Canada trade deal.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Venture Capital

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to increase access to venture capital funding for businesses.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Venture Capital

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of venture capital funding into the UK.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Satellites: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the manufacture of low earth orbit satellite systems.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Aerospace Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support businesses developing vertical and short take-off and landing aircraft.

17 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with business groups on the impact of changes to Business Property Relief.

17 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with business groups on the impact of increases to employer's National Insurance contributions.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office and (b) UK Ambassadors on the promotion of exports.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tickets: Touting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Breaching of Limits on Ticket Sales Regulations 2018 in each year since their coming into force; and what their outcomes were.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Tickets: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of secondary live event ticket sales price caps in other countries, in the context of potential price caps in the UK.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Tickets: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of has made of the feasibility of implementing a secondary live event ticket sales price cap.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Tickets: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment the he has made of the potential impact of a secondary live event ticket sales price cap on levels of tourism.

14 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: Overseas Residence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2024 to Question 65664 on Taxation: Overseas Residence, whether the Government has conducted such hypothetical tax change costings for an exit tax payable upon person ending their r

14 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Wealth: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2024 to Question 65661 on Wealth: Taxation, whether this will include an exit tax payable upon persons ending their UK tax residency.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

British Steel: Scunthorpe

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 64503 on British Steel: Scunthorpe, what conclusion the report in late 2024 commissioned at British Steel reached on the remaining lifespan of the blas

10 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Wealth: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2024 to Question 65661 on Wealth: Taxation, whether this will include a wealth tax.

9 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Ministers: Official Hospitality

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to publish Ministerial transparency data on hospitality in the fourth quarter of 2024.

9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 2 April, (b) 6 May and (c) 12 June 2025 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Industry: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on advertising the Industrial Strategy in (a) newspapers, (b) other print media, (c) online and (d) in total.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with devolved Administrations on coordinating business regulation to reduce duplication.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that small businesses have input into Departmental regulatory consultations.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Protection: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with industry representatives on the impact of data protection requirements on SMEs.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the time spent by businesses on regulatory paperwork annually.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what comparative assessment he has made of levels of regulation on businesses in (a) the UK and (b) other G20 countries.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Business: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of carbon reporting requirements on businesses.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce cross-border trade processes for small businesses.

Source: official written-questions record.