Question follow-through · 51064
Sustainable Development: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to consult stakeholders on (a) alignment with international reporting standards and (b) the potential impact on companies as part of the first two UK Sustainability Reporting Standards
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 16 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to consult stakeholders on (a) alignment with international reporting standards and (b) the potential impact on companies as part of the first two UK Sustainability Reporting Standards
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 May 2025
Answer published
The Government will shortly publish a consultation covering the endorsement of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Standards. It will seek views on UK versions of the ISSB Standards, which will be known as UK Sustainability Reporting Stand...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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