Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 39990

Company Liquidations

Tabled: 20 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce stricter limits on the number of businesses that an individual can (a) incorporate and (b) manage after multiple company liquidation

Answer

Justin Madders
Company and insolvency law already provides relevant authorities with the ability to investigate the conduct of directors of liquidated companies and to act upon misconduct. Imposing prescriptive prohibitions risks penalising the innocent and we have no p...

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