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Company Liquidations

Commons · Question 78997 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

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Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the practice of voluntary liquidation by companies with (a) liabilities and (b) outstanding contractual obligations that begin operations under another

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 20 Oct 2025

My Department has not made these assessments. However, liquidators of an insolvent company are required to report on the conduct of its directors to the Insolvency Service, who will consider investigating potential misconduct and seek to disqualify the di...