Written questions

Audit and Corporate Governance

Commons · Question 111283 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to bring forwards an alternative to the Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill.

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 12 Feb 2026

The UK is a world leader in audit quality and corporate governance. We will bolster this further by launching a consultation to modernise, simplify and streamline the UK's corporate reporting framework, with the ambition to make the UK's reporting regime ...