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Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to bring forward the Industrial Strategy Bill.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
25 Jun 2025
Answer
1 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to bring forward the Industrial Strategy Bill.

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    We will introduce an Industrial Strategy Bill to implement measures within the White Paper that require primary legislation when parliamentary time allows. This will include provisions to put the Industrial Strategy Council on a statutory footing, underli...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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