Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 80818

Insolvency

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 15 October 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal DemocratWest Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce (a) additional regulatory and (b) enforcement measures to prevent directors of insolvent companies from engaging in phoenixing.

Answer

Blair McDougall
The Government is keenly aware of concerns around “phoenixing”, and officials at The Insolvency Service are currently conducting a comprehensive review of the civil enforcement regime to evaluate how best to tackle and prevent wrongdoing by directors of i...

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