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Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority

Asked by Lizzi CollingeLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 17 October 2025UIN 80413

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned implementation date is for the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority.

Answered by Blair McDougall

This Government is delivering several important reforms in the field of employment rights, and in other areas to support the mission of growing the UK's economy.

This means that the volume of legislation before Parliament is very high and, subsequently, the Government no longer intends to bring the draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill forward for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny in this session of Parliament.

It will bring forward its planned legislation when Parliamentary time allows.

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