Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee

Commons select committee, since 17 October 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

The Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee scrutinises the policy, spending and administration of the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and its public bodies.

Inquiries

• UK export support services (19 October 2026)
• Entrepreneurship and business (16 October 2026)
• The work of the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (12 October 2026)
• AI adoption, safety and governance (30 September 2026)
• Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for the Chair of the Financial Reporting Council (7 July 2026)
• Employment rights (23 June 2026)
• UK trade with the US (8 April 2026)
• UK trade with the EU (8 April 2026)
• Royal Mail (16 March 2026)
• Artificial Intelligence, business and the future of the workforce (10 March 2026)
• China and the UK economy (5 March 2026)
• Appointment of Doug Gurr as Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (12 February 2026 to 29 April 2026)
• Consumer protection (26 January 2026)
• Post Office Horizon scandal: Justice for sub-postmasters (16 December 2025)
• Competition and market functioning in the UK live music industry (4 December 2025)
• Priorities of the Business and Trade Committee for 2026 (24 September 2025 to 29 April 2026)
• Financing the real economy (4 August 2025)
• The role of regulators (8 July 2025 to 29 April 2026)
• Pricing, competition and consumer protection (16 June 2025 to 26 January 2026)
• Small business strategy (16 June 2025)
• UK trade with the US, India and EU (6 June 2025 to 24 April 2026)
• Industrial Strategy (28 January 2025)
• Rip-off Britain: Dynamic pricing and consumer protection (23 January 2025 to 9 June 2025)
• Export led growth (15 January 2025 to 10 March 2026)
• UK arms exports to Israel (20 November 2024 to 8 September 2025)
• The work of the Department for Business and Trade (20 November 2024 to 15 September 2026)
• Business and Trade Committee: priorities (13 November 2024 to 21 July 2025)
• Make Work Pay: Employment Rights Bill (31 October 2024 to 29 April 2026)
• Post Office Horizon scandal: fast and fair redress (29 October 2024 to 16 December 2025)
• Labour markets reform: workers’ rights and protections (16 April 2024 to 24 May 2024)
• UK arms exports to Israel (12 April 2024 to 24 May 2024)
• Delivering audit reform: follow-up (19 March 2024 to 24 May 2024)
• Implementation of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (29 January 2024 to 24 May 2024)
• UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (11 January 2024 to 24 May 2024)
• Post Office and Horizon - Compensation: follow-up (9 January 2024 to 24 May 2024)
• Industrial policy (19 December 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• Private equity and the retail sector (12 December 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• The collapse of Wilko (20 November 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• Employment at McDonald's Franchises (7 November 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• Three-Vodafone merger: implications for competition (10 October 2023 to 22 January 2024)
• The work of the Department for Business and Trade (12 September 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• UK-US Atlantic Declaration (4 July 2023 to 14 November 2023)
• Valedictory session with the outgoing Chair of the Trade Remedies Authority (27 June 2023 to 11 September 2023)
• Food and fuel price inflation: will prices come down this year? (20 June 2023 to 22 January 2024)
• The 2026 review of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (16 June 2023 to 31 December 2023)
• The Post Office (12 June 2023 to 31 December 2023)
• The performance of investment zones and freeports in England (9 June 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• The CBI (30 May 2023 to 14 November 2023)
• Export-led growth (26 May 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• The work of the Competition and Markets Authority (9 May 2023 to 14 November 2023)
• Prepayment meters: warrants and forced installations (7 March 2023 to 24 April 2023)
• UK plc 2050 (1 February 2023 to 24 April 2023)
• Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing (17 January 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• Royal Mail and the Post Office (10 January 2023 to 24 April 2023)
• Energy price support (13 December 2022 to 24 April 2023)
• Fraudulent company registrations: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (2 November 2022 to 24 April 2023)
• Preparations for UNFCCC COP27 (17 October 2022 to 24 April 2023)
• Environmental, social and corporate governance: reporting and investing (6 September 2022 to 24 April 2023)
• The impact of the cost of living crisis on workers, consumers and business (31 August 2022 to 24 April 2023)
• Pubs Code Adjudicator (5 July 2022 to 26 April 2023)

Organisations it has heard from most

• Department for Business and Trade (32)
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (25)
• Citizens Advice (11)
• Energy UK (11)
• Ofgem (11)
• Confederation of British Industry (CBI) (10)
• Federation of Small Businesses (10)
• Make UK (10)
• Competition and Markets Authority (8)
• Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (8)
• TheCityUK (8)
• British Chambers of Commerce (7)
• Post Office (7)
• techUK (7)
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) (7)