Question follow-through · 108344
Retail Trade: Delivery Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring online retailers to offer a choice of delivery couriers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring online retailers to offer a choice of delivery couriers.
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Feb 2026
Answer published
The department currently has no plans to require retailers to offer a choice of delivery couriers to consumers. This is a commercial decision for the business to make. Consumers are encouraged to provide feedback and suggestions to businesses directly. Th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Small Businesses: Offices
17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has his department made of the role of flexible office spaces in facilitating the activities and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises.