Question follow-through · 24033
Department for Business and Trade: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f) investigations and (g) other reviews their Department launched between
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f) investigations and (g) other reviews their Department launched between
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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23 Jan 2025
Answer published
This Government has outlined its ambitions through the Plan for Change, which sets out an ambitious set of milestones - across the missions - for this Parliament. As the House would expect, Government continually reviews its work to ensure that it is deli...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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