Written questions

Corporate Governance

Commons · Question 64178 · Tabled 1 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 9 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on corporate governance.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 9 Jul 2025

The Government intends to upgrade the existing reporting and audit regulator, to expand the regulator’s scrutiny to the largest private companies and to hold company directors to account for serious failures in their duties connected with company accounts...