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Companies news from UK Parliament.

Lords debates new nuclear energy proposals
Members consider draft National Policy Statement for Nuclear Energy Generation. Find out more
16 May 2025

Employment Rights Bill resumes Lords committee stage
Members discuss employer duties on harassment, protection from discrimination and more as detailed scrutiny continues. Read more
16 May 2025

Thames Water executives to be questioned by MPs
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) will quiz the CEO, CFO and Chair of Thames Water in a public hearing of the Committee at 10am on Tuesday 13 May.
12 May 2025

Rt Hon Liam Byrne Chair of the Business and Trade Committee statement on reports of US-UK Deal
Rt Hon Liam Byrne Chair of the Business and Trade Committee statement on reports of US-UK Deal
08 May 2025

WEC to hear from five female founders on entrepreneurship
Five female entrepreneurs across different business sectors give evidence
06 May 2025

Does the UK really know how to ‘do’ national economic security?
The Business & Trade Committee will this week throw new light on the threat to UK economic security with hearings that convene some of the country’s top security experts from the public, private and investment sectors.
06 May 2025

20 ways to fix Brexit’s growth hit: BTC report
As President Trump sets out sweeping global tariff barriers and ahead of the May summit between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aimed at resetting UK-EU relations, the BTC is publishing a draft ‘Green Paper’ setting out twenty ways the UK and the EU can reset their relationship for mutual benefit.
03 April 2025

Non Domestic Rating Bill returns to the Lords
Members consider further Commons revisions to previous Lords amendments in 'ping pong'. Catch up
02 April 2025

Business and Trade Committee’s ‘5 tests’ for a strategy to secure British steel
The Committee has written urgently to Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to set out 5 tests for a strategy to support the UK steel industry ahead of Donald Trump’s self-styled “Liberation Day” potentially imposing widespread tariff barriers to global trade.
01 April 2025

Women and Equalities Committee to hear evidence on barriers to female entrepreneurship
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hear from business experts and academics during the first evidence session of its female entrepreneurship inquiry in Parliament on Wednesday, 2 April.
28 March 2025

Employment Rights Bill debated by Lords
Pay and working conditions legislation discussed by members. Catch up
28 March 2025

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Chair writes to Microsoft about price hikes
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Chair, Chi Onwurah, has written to Microsoft asking for details about price increases for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans, which were raised by 42% and 31% respectively earlier this year.
21 March 2025

Non-domestic rating bill concludes report stage in the Lords
Multipliers and Private Schools legislation further examined by members. Catch up
19 March 2025

Consumer Energy Minister, Martin Lewis and Ofgem among witnesses for back-billing and home retrofit session
The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee will scrutinise the practice of back-billing by energy companies with Martin Lewis and Ofgem before hearing from the Energy Consumers Minister on this issue and retrofit failures on Wednesday, 19th March.
14 March 2025

Lords concludes scrutiny of product regulation bill
Members take chance to 'tidy up' text of draft law at third reading. Catch up
13 March 2025