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Business: Regulation

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 1 July 2026UIN 13123

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make a statement on the progress he has made on reducing the administrative cost of regulation for businesses against his stated target of 25% by the end of this Parliament.

Answered by Blair McDougall

We will update Parliament and the public on our Regulation Action Plan commitments in due course, including the progress made against the 25% target since our latest update in October.

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