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Small Businesses: Motor Vehicles

Commons · Question 4440 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending protections equivalent to those available under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to sole traders and small businesses purc

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 8 Jun 2026

The Government has no current plans to extend protections equivalent to those available under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to sole traders and small businesses purchasing essential business vehicles. As a general principle, the Government does not interve...