Question follow-through · 4315
Small Businesses: Shipley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses in villages and rural areas in Shipley constituency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 13 Sept 2024 · 9 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, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses in villages and rural areas in Shipley constituency.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government is investing £1.14 billion over 30 years (£38 million annually) towards West Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s local economic priorities, including business support. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund also provides £83 million for West York...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Foster Care
4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the New Deal For Working People, what plans he has to change the employment status of foster carers.
Medical Equipment: Safety
22 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to increase statute of limitations to 20 years for faulty medical devices.
Business: Visual Impairment
16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to encourage businesses to use pin pads that are accessible to people with sight impairments.
Nitrous Oxide: Sales
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with regulators to introduce labels for nitrous oxide canisters that can be traced to the point of sale.
Fireworks: Regulation
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to consult on the regulation of fireworks.