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Small Businesses

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 22 January 2025UIN 24162

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20202 on Small Business, if he will publish the Small Business Strategy by Summer Recess 2025.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

The Government will publish the Small Business Strategy later this year and will provide further updates in the coming weeks. We will ensure the publication timing aligns with the Spending Review process and the Government’s wider plans on delivering our Growth Mission, including the launch of a new Industrial Strategy and Trade Strategy.

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