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Foreign Companies

Commons · Question 126102 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 16 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Reforms to make it easier for overseas companies to move to the UK, published on 25 March 2026, whether companies relocating under the proposed regim

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 16 Apr 2026

Under current proposals set out for public consultation, re-domiciled companies will retain all criminal and civil liabilities, and all contracts, debts and other obligations, to which the re-domiciling body corporate was subject immediately before re-dom...