Regulation
Regulation news from UK Parliament.
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: call for evidence
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: call for evidence
04 April 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
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
Employment Rights Bill debated by Lords
Pay and working conditions legislation discussed by members. Catch up
28 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
Product regulation bill completes Lords report stage
Members vote on period product safety and alcohol measurements as further scrutiny concludes. Catch up
06 March 2025
Close loopholes that let rogue firms undercut the best of Britain’s employers by exploiting workers
In a report today the BTC calls for the Employment Rights Bill, currently heading to report stage in its passage through Parliament, to close once and for all the loopholes that have allowed some companies to exploit work insecurity and undercut Britain’s outstanding employers.
03 March 2025
Water (Special Measures) Bill completes passage through Parliament
Lords members consider final Commons changes as bill set to become law. Catch up
12 February 2025
Corporate profit shifting discussed in the Lords
Members debate tax implications of companies shifting to low and zero-tax jurisdictions. Catch up
31 January 2025
Lords debates Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
Members discuss draft law to introduce new multiplier standards and remove relief rates from charitable private schools. Catch up
30 January 2025
BTC questions Shein, Temu, McDonalds, Tesco, Anti-Slavery Commissioner on labour rights and supply chain integrity
The BTC will hold the second evidence session in its inquiry Making Work Pay: The Employment Rights Bill, questioning McDonalds, Tesco and the British Retail Consortium as well as Chinese global online retailers Shein and Temu on labour rights in their national operations and international supply chains.
06 January 2025
Lords completes committee stage of Product Regulation and Metrology Bill
Final day of committee stage for the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill. Find out more
18 December 2024
Look beyond retail to reverse high street decline, says new Lords report
Report on High streets in towns and small cities published
28 November 2024
Lords concludes examination of Water (Special Measures) Bill
Members discuss progress of bill at final stage in the Lords. Catch up
27 November 2024
Lords asks government to think again on Water (Special Measures) Bill
Lords vote on financial reporting, Ofwat governance rules and performance-related pay as report stage concludes. Catch up
21 November 2024