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Sir Alan Bates

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 11 November 2025UIN 87725

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Government paid in its settlement to Sir Alan Bates.

Answered by Blair McDougall

The Government is unable to disclose amounts awarded to individual GLO claimants.

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