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British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme

Asked by Sarah OlneyLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 16 October 2025UIN 81926

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2025 to Question 67936 on Manufacturing Industries: Electricity, when he will publish his Department's consultation on a new British industrial competitiveness scheme.

Answered by Chris McDonald

The Department for Business and Trade will launch a consultation on the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme before the end of this year.

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