Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 78997
Company Liquidations
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the practice of voluntary liquidation by companies with (a) liabilities and (b) outstanding contractual obligations that begin operations under another
Answer
Blair McDougallMy Department has not made these assessments. However, liquidators of an insolvent company are required to report on the conduct of its directors to the Insolvency Service, who will consider investigating potential misconduct and seek to disqualify the di...
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