Question follow-through · 26274
Business: Employment and Intellectual Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what plans he has to discourage UK-based companies in receipt of Government funding from moving a) intellectual property and b) jobs overseas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what plans he has to discourage UK-based companies in receipt of Government funding from moving a) intellectual property and b) jobs overseas.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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9 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to supporting UK businesses to grow and scale-up in the UK. The Intellectual Property Office provides support to help businesses identify, protect, manage and commercialise their intellectual property. UK Research and Innovatio...
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