Oral Question·Department for Business and Trade
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 14 May 2026Answered: 21 May 2026
Asked by
Kirith Entwistle
Labour — Bolton North East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Minister without Portfolio (Ellie Reeves)
I thank my hon. Friend for his question. I made a statement on the CrowdStrike IT outage in this House on Monday. There will be a lessons-learned process as a result of that, and also a Bill going before Parliament to ensure that we are resilient in relation to our cyber-security. That will strengthen our defences and ensure that more digital services than ever are protected.