Question follow-through · 51761
British Steel: Company Liquidations
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 46621, whether he has made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of British Steel entering liquidation during the period of special meas
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 46621, whether he has made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of British Steel entering liquidation during the period of special meas
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 May 2025
Answer published
It would be a breach of the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act for British Steel to be put into liquidation while the special measures are in place. Prior to the Act becoming law, the Government undertook assessments of the potential cost to the public...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Horizon IT System: Compensation
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Horizon IT System: Compensation
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Horizon IT System: Compensation
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Iron and Steel: Safeguard Measures
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to replace the import safeguard quotas for steel when they expire in June 2026.
Iron and Steel: Import Controls
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to include measures to help protect steelmakers from subsidised steel imports from (a) China and (b) the wider Far East in the forthcoming trade strategy.
British Steel: Finance
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has set a cap on the amount of funding he will allocate to the running of British Steel in the next three financial years.
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered increasing the size of the Steel Fund, in the context of funding allocated to the running of British Steel under the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025.
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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Companies: Takeovers
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government is taking steps to protect the interests of retail shareholders in situations where a majority shareholder exercises its voting rights in relation to a competing takeover offer.
Insolvency: Domestic Abuse
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Insolvency: Domestic Abuse
18 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the safeguards in the Insolvency Rules 2016 against the misuse of insolvency proceedings as an instrument of economic abuse or coercive contro