Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 105479
Small Businesses: Work Experience
Tabled: 13 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a work experience scheme for relevant Ministers to shadow small business owners.
Answer
Blair McDougallThis government is committed to hardwiring the voice of SME owners and entrepreneurs into government policy. For example, as part of co-designing our Plan for Small Business launched in July 2025, DBT Ministers engaged with hundreds of individual SMEs acr...
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