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Cooperatives: Government Assistance

Asked by Jo PlattLabour (Co-op)Department for Business and TradeTabled Answered 17 October 2025UIN 78484

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2025 to Question 58428 on Cooperatives: Government Assistance, when he plans to publish the call for evidence into co-operative growth.

Answered by Blair McDougall

The Department for Business and Trade committed to launching a Call for Evidence on co-operative and mutual business by the end of the year.

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