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Industrial Development Advisory Board

Asked by Andrew GriffithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 9 March 2026UIN 117444

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he will publish the minutes of the most recent Industrial Development Advisory Board meeting.

Answered by Chris McDonald

Minutes of the meetings of the Industrial Development Advisory Board are not published. The discussions of the Board and the advice they provide to the Secretary of State with respect to the exercise of their functions under sections 7 and 8 of the Industrial Development Act encompass highly commercially sensitive information.

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