Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 119876

Small Businesses: Regulation

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist PartyStrangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with industry representatives on reducing regulatory burdens on small businesses.

Answer

Blair McDougall
The Department for Business and Trade engages regularly stakeholders, businesses and their representative organisations to identify regulatory burdens. Last year we launched a business questionnaire ‘Unlocking Business: reform driven by you’ which gathere...

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