Susan Murray MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

Digital Technology: ConsumersDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to protect consumers from losing access to paid-for digital content when support for (a) devices and (b) platforms is withdrawn.
Answer: The department currently has no plans to review the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA).Under the CRA, goods or digital content must be of satisfactory quality, fit for a particular purpose and as described by the seller. A trader can upgrade, fix, enhance and...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Ceramics: EnergyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the pottery and ceramics sector with industrial energy costs.
Answer: The Government is aware of the pressure of high industrial energy costs on the ceramics industry, including the pottery sector. A small number of electricity-intensive ceramics businesses, including in the technical, advanced, and brick sectors, will bene...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Small Businesses: CoronavirusDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 27 March 2026 to Question 122950 on Small Businesses: Coronavirus, whether he plans to publish a Scotland-specific assessment of the adequacy of financial support availa
Answer: Administration of Covid-19 grants was devolved in Scotland. A Scotland-specific report would therefore be a matter for the Scottish Government.
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Small Businesses: CoronavirusDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to people who lost their businesses during the covid-19 pandemic.
Answer: DBT published an evaluation report of the impact of the Covid-19 Business Support Grant Schemes in England and the British Business Bank has published a three year evaluation of the Covid-19 Loan Guarantee Schemes. These can be found at Evaluation of the ...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
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Postal Services: ScotlandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) postal provision in Scotland, (b) postal provision in Mid Dunbartonshire constituency and (c) Royal Mail delivery services for time-sensit
Answer: The government does not collect or hold this information. Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, has a duty to secure the provision of a financially sustainable and efficient universal postal service. It monitors Royal Mail’s provision of...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
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Small Businesses: Overseas TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what strategic steps his Department is taking to protect (a) SMEs and (b) other UK exporters from the compounded impact of (i) new tariffs, (ii) customs charges and (iii) administrative burdens in the
Answer: My department is engaging with businesses to monitor impacts on small and medium-sized Businesses (SMEs) from the removal of the US de minimis exemption. We have published information for UK businesses and remain in contact with US counterparts to seek fu...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
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Zero Hours ContractsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of employment protections for individuals engaged on zero-hour contracts.
Answer: The Government does not believe that individuals engaged on zero-hours contracts currently benefit from sufficient employment protections.The Government is addressing this through the Employment Rights Bill, by ensuring that employers have to offer qualif...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
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Department for Business and Trade	7
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	1
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	4
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	1
Department for Transport	4
Department for Work and Pensions	8
Department of Health and Social Care	5
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	11
Home Office	8
Ministry of Defence	3
Ministry of Justice	11
Treasury	4

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