Business and Trade Committee

Liam Byrne elected as Chair of Business and Trade Committee

Liam Byrne MP elected as Chair of Business and Trade Committee

11 September 2024

Nominations open for Business and Trade Committee Chair

Nominations open for Business and Trade Committee Chair

3 September 2024

General Election 2024 - Select Committees

Following the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024, all select committees have ceased to exist.

30 May 2024

Freeports and investment zones governance ‘must be urgently improved’, say MPs

Business and Trade Committee publishes performance of investment zones and freeports in England report

26 April 2024

Liam Byrne outlines next steps for arms exports to Israel scrutiny

Business and Trade Committee evidence session on arms exports to Israel

24 April 2024

Committee Chair: Government 'must stop dodging scrutiny' of trade deals

Business and Trade Committee Chair, Liam Byrne, warns - the Government must stop dodging scrutiny of flagship trade deals

28 March 2024

Post Office legislation must include provisions on legally-binding timeframes – Liam Byrne

Post Office legislation must include provisions on legally-binding timeframes – Liam Byrne

13 March 2024

Remove Post Office from Horizon scandal compensation schemes, MPs demand

Business and Trade Committee Report: Post Office involvement in financial redress schemes should end

7 March 2024

Government plans risk ‘imprisonment by poverty’ if not backed by compensation – Business Committee Chair

Chair of the Business and Trade Committee reacts to Government’s announcement of its legislative plans to overturn the convictions of innocent former sub-postmasters

22 February 2024

Staunton and Read among witnesses for update to MPs on justice and compensation for Post Office scandal victims

Business and Trade Committee examines progress on redress to Post Office Horizon scandal victims

21 February 2024

Parliament must vote on Pacific trade deal before the UK joins, Committee says

Parliament must vote on Pacific trade deal before the UK joins, Committee says

19 February 2024

Committee Chair says Government’s gigafactory support ‘fails key tests’ as Government response to EV batteries report published

Government responds to Business and Trade Committee report on Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing

14 February 2024

Committee challenges Government on Iran sanctions evasion and economic crime

Chairs of Business and Trade Committee writes to Minister asking if the Department for Business and Trade will set out an estimate of the scale of corporate abuse

7 February 2024

Royal Mail: Business Committee Chair reacts to Ofcom report on the Universal Service Obligation

Business and Trade Committee Chair Liam Byrne comments following the publication of Ofcom’s report on potential Universal Service Obligation (USO) reform for Royal Mail

24 January 2024

MPs question Post Office and Fujitsu on Horizon scandal

Business and Trade Committee questions the Government and other stakeholders

11 January 2024

MPs to quiz Gove on delivery of freeports scheme

MPs to quiz Gove on delivery of freeports scheme

5 January 2024

UK industrial policy examined by MPs

Business and Trade Committee examines the Government’s approach to industrial policy

21 December 2023

Committee session to examine use of private equity in retail sector

Asda co-owner Mohsin Issa will be among the witnesses at a Business and Trade Committee evidence session examining the use of private equity in the retail sector

14 December 2023

Incentivise EV battery supply chain investment to prevent decline of the UK car industry, say MPs

Committee publishes report Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing

21 November 2023

Committee Chair responds to Royal Mail investigation

Committee Chair responds to Royal Mail investigation

13 November 2023