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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to promote good practice among employers in communicating recruitment decisions to job applicants.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to help rights holders identify when their works have been used to train artificial intelligence models since March 2026.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 23103 on Industry: Huntingdon, by when does he expect the Treasury to decide on programme approvals that will include the Str
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 23103 on Industry: Huntingdon, what is the complete list of potential opportunities across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough wh
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what funding he has provided to UK companies developing graphene photonics and terahertz devices supporting high-bandwidth, narrow-beam links.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of financial mutuals on (a) regional economic growth and (b) the proportion of businesses and financial institutions
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much his Department spent on activities relating to Pride Month 2026.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, as of August 2026, how much of the £2.5 billion steel fund has been A) spent and/or B) allocated.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much of the £2.5 billion Steel Fund has been spent on Scunthorpe Steelworks to date.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much of the £2.5 billion Steel Fund has been spent within Wales to date.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential environmental and astronomical effects of orbital reflector satellites.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what engagement his officials have had with the UK Space Agency since his appointment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with supermarket retailers on ensuring that loose, packaged and multi-pack fresh fruit and vegetable products are displayed with comparable price-per-ki
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of unit pricing measures used by supermarkets, including pricing by item, weight and package size for equivalent pro
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the UK Space Agency's press release entitled UK invests in homegrown space tech to boost national resilience, published on 20 July 2026, what recent assessment hi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that publicly funded research which results in a commercially viable spin-out is accompanied by sufficient access to later-stage finance to suppor
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the availability of later-stage capital on the ability of university spin-out companies to scale in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he made of alternative options to nationalisation before concluding that it was necessary in the public interest.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on introducing legal protections preventing employers from changing (a) bonus and (b) commission schemes at short notice.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to take steps to accelerate the implementation of the protections for public interest companies in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what has been the change in the number of interventions under the National Security and Investment Act 2021, in acquisitions of entities and assets in, or linked to, the UK that ma
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will take steps to encourage businesses to provide deals and offers that accommodate the needs of individuals living alone.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, on what date did HM Treasury provide final approval for the Strategic Sites Accelerator programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of choosing locations within the Huntingdon constituency for the Strategic Sites Accelerator programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, which locations have been selected to benefit from the Strategic Sites Accelerator programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the voluntary industry codes of practice governing pub-owning businesses with fewer than 500 tied pubs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the threshold of 500 or more tied pubs for inclusion within the statutory Pubs Code.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of changing the regulatory framework governing relationships between pub-owning businesses and tied pub tenant
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of tied pub agreements on the long-term viability of tenant-run pubs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with international partners on establishing common regulatory standards for non-animal methods in medicines development.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he plans to take alongside cabinet colleagues to ensure the long-term sustainability of research funding in the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of public finance institutions to support companies through successive stages of growth.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to improve access to affordable finance for established small businesses experiencing temporary financial pressures.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with Scottish universities on support for their commercial spin outs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the press release issued by UK Export Finance entitled UK Export Finance and British Business Bank to launch joint scheme to support thousands of smaller exporter
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing administrative burdens for UK businesses exporting to the European Union.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15879 on Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands, who the current United Kingdom members of the Joint Committee are.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15879 on Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands, when the next meeting is scheduled to take place.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the operation of the Market Rent Only provisions of the statutory Pubs Code.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 September 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the statutory Pubs Code in ensuring that tied pub tenants are not worse off than if they were free of tie.