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Audit
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report by the Financial Reporting Council entitled Annual Review of Audit Quality 2024, published on 30 July 2024, whether he plans to take steps to improve audit (a) regulation,
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report by the Financial Reporting Council entitled Annual Review of Audit Quality 2024, published on 30 July 2024, whether he plans to take steps to improve audit (a) regulation,
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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11 Sept 2024
Answer published
As set out in the King's Speech, the Government intends to publish a draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill, which will contain measures to tackle bad financial reporting through a strengthened regulator. The draft Bill will uphold standards and...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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