Question follow-through · 27052
Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to strengthen the framework for holding large corporations accountable in their support for small businesses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to strengthen the framework for holding large corporations accountable in their support for small businesses.
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
In September 2024 we announced a package of measures to help ensure small businesses are paid promptly by the large businesses they supply.This included launching a new Fair Payment Code and a commitment to including payment performance information in lar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the mandatory licensing scheme for builders provides adequate protections for homeowners who hire builders to complete work.
Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to provide support to people who have hired a registered builder where the work has not been completed due to that builder entering liquidation.
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9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to increase requirements for builders to hold licensing fees.
Tea: Imports
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Postal Services: Newbury
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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Exports
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Parcels: Delivery Services
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Evri
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with Evri on measures to support frontline delivery staff, including a) training, b) working conditions and c) pay.