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Small Businesses: Buckingham and Bletchley

Asked by Callum AndersonLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 27 January 2026UIN 107267

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that regulatory reform supports access to domestic and international markets for scale-ups in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.

Answered by Blair McDougall

Our Regulation Action Plan, published last year, included reforms to the regulatory system designed to unlock growth, boost innovation and reduce burdens across key business sectors. As part of this we will lift up to 51,000 companies from unnecessary reporting obligations through our modernising corporate reporting programme. New regulatory reviews will simplify and streamline rules, reducing paperwork, cutting duplication and supporting innovation.

Export-ready SMEs and scale-ups looking to sell to the world can access DBT’s export support services which provides free, in-market support.

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