Question follow-through · 106430
Companies: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review company insolvency rules that permit company directors to retain significant personal assets following corporate bankruptcy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review company insolvency rules that permit company directors to retain significant personal assets following corporate bankruptcy.
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2026
Answer published
Companies are separate legal entities and directors only become liable for company debts under limited circumstances. This protection encourages entrepreneurship and is central to the health of the UK economy. Most companies do not become insolvent due to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Companies: Debts Written Off
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Post Offices: Motor Vehicles
6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that communities relying on a mobile post office service continue to have provision when vehicles are undergoing repair or maintenance.
Post Offices: Standards
6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance his Department provides to the Post Office to ensure continuity of service in areas served by mobile post offices.
Warranties
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consumers are provided with adequate and clear information on the value of extended warranties at the point of sale.
Warranties
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to tackle misleading practices in the sale of extended warranties.
Public Houses: Tenants
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what protections are available to pub tenants who have made improvements to leased premises when facing lease (a) termination and (b) non-renewal by pub-owning companies.
Public Houses: Tenants
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Pubs Code Adjudicator on lease renewal processes used by pub-owning businesses.
Public Houses: Tenants
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the use of Section 25 notices by pub-owning companies to regain control of pubs for direct company operation.
Public Houses: Tenants
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Section 25 notices have been issued by pub-owning companies to tenants in West Dorset constituency in each of the last five years.
Public Houses: Tenants
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of pubs that are currently operated under tenancy or lease agreements with pub-owning companies in West Dorset constituency.
Trade Promotion: Public Appointments
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he will assess the potential merits of inviting the Foreign Affairs Committee to undertake pre-appointment scrutiny of all political appointees to special trade envoy roles.
Small Businesses: West Dorset
19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to micro businesses in West Dorset.