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Insolvency

Commons · Question 80818 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2025

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Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce (a) additional regulatory and (b) enforcement measures to prevent directors of insolvent companies from engaging in phoenixing.

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 15 Oct 2025

The Government is keenly aware of concerns around “phoenixing”, and officials at The Insolvency Service are currently conducting a comprehensive review of the civil enforcement regime to evaluate how best to tackle and prevent wrongdoing by directors of i...