Question follow-through · 83345
Small Businesses: Hornsey and Friern Barnet
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what fiscal steps he plans to take to help support small businesses with their business costs in Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 20 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what fiscal steps he plans to take to help support small businesses with their business costs in Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency.
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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23 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government's Plan for Small Businesses, published in July, sets out the measures that Government is taking to support small businesses across the UK. This includes legislation to end the scourge of late payments which costs the UK economy £11bn annual...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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