Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 900089

Retail Trade: Urban Areas

Tabled: 14 May 2026
Answered: 21 May 2026
Named Day

Question

Olly Glover

Liberal DemocratDidcot and Wantage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street businesses.

Answer

Chris Bryant
Our Plan for Small and Medium Sized Businesses places high streets at the centre of economic renewal, recognising them as vital centres of growth and employment.We are reforming licensing laws and making high streets safer from retail crime and money laun...

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