Oral Question·Department for Business and Trade
“What progress his Department has made on developing an industrial strategy.”
Tabled: 5 June 2025Answered: 12 June 2025
Asked by
Kenneth Stevenson
Labour — Airdrie and Shotts
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Industry (Sarah Jones)
The Department is making good progress developing our industrial strategy—a strategy that has been called for by industry for many years and opposed by the Conservatives for ideological reasons. We have launched our consultation, we have met industry and thousands of businesses across the land, and we are finalising our report, which we will be publishing shortly. The spending review announcements yesterday on investment will add to the business growth in the country that we all want to see.