Question follow-through · 1909
Small Businesses: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to prevent small to medium sized businesses ceasing to trade.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 26 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to prevent small to medium sized businesses ceasing to trade.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 May 2026
Answer published
The government is committed to supporting all small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) through the Small Business Plan - the most comprehensive support package in a generation. The plan features the most significant legislative reforms in 25 years to tac...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Trade Agreements: UK Relations with EU
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of regulatory alignment with the EU on the UK’s ability to negotiate trade agreements with third countries.
Construction: Government Assistance
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to support the construction industry in a) England and b) the parliamentary constituency of Romford.