Question follow-through · 49521
Industrial Strategy Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans her Department to integrate the work of the Industrial Strategy Council with (a) Life Sciences Council and (b) other governance structures.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans her Department to integrate the work of the Industrial Strategy Council with (a) Life Sciences Council and (b) other governance structures.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
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6 May 2025
Answer published
Sector Plans are being designed in partnership with business, devolved governments, regions and other stakeholders, through bespoke arrangements tailored to each sector. This will vary by sector, but some may include Sector Councils, such as the well-esta...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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