| Heading: |
Conditions of Employment |
| Question ID: |
1787145 |
| UIN: |
40277 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5070 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lisa Smart
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Lisa Smart
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of companies closing and subsequently setting up a new similar company, with the result of (a) job losses, (b) workplace bullying and (c) |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-31 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4418 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Justin Madders
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| Answering Member handle: |
justinmadders
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@justinmadders
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| Answer text: |
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 introduced new measures to help combat ‘phoenixing’ - when a director dissolves a company to avoid debts or other responsibilities, to then set up another similar company. The accompanying impact asse... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |