Small Businesses: Work Experience
Commons · Question 105479 · Tabled 13 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a work experience scheme for relevant Ministers to shadow small business owners.
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 16 Jan 2026
This government is committed to hardwiring the voice of SME owners and entrepreneurs into government policy. For example, as part of co-designing our Plan for Small Business launched in July 2025, DBT Ministers engaged with hundreds of individual SMEs acr...