Question follow-through · 44218
Business: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with UK businesses on the potential impact of President Trump's executive order on diversity, equality and inclusion practices.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 14 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with UK businesses on the potential impact of President Trump's executive order on diversity, equality and inclusion practices.
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State and Ministerial team engage in regular discussions with UK business on topics including this. Department for Business and Trade ministers have already this year hosted events launching the FTSE Women Leaders and Parker Review 2025 R...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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