Committees

Business and Trade Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Business and Trade Committee scrutinises the policy, spending and administration of the Department for Business and Trade and its public bodies. You can follow the Committee on X (formerly Twitter) @CommonsBTC.

Our Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls scrutinises key elements of the UK Government’s economic security regime, and considers whether more needs to be done to ensure that its strategy can meet the challenges of an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape.

Previous publications on the scrutiny of International Trade can be found on the website of the International Trade Committee, which was disbanded in April 2023.

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Upcoming events

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Tuesday 24 June 2025
2:30pm Public
Pricing, competition and consumer protection - Oral evidence 24 June 2025
2:30pm
  • Dominic Morrey (Commercial Director for Fresh Food at Tesco)
  • Ed Anderson (Director of Legal (Regulatory and Commercial) at Sainsbury’s)
2:55pm
  • Sophie Dekkers (Chief Commercial Officer at easyJet)
  • Robert Griggs (Policy and Public Affairs Director at Airlines UK)
3:25pm
  • Andrew Parsons (Managing Director at Ticketmaster)
  • Phil Bowdery (Executive President, Touring International Music at Live Nation, and Chairman at Concert Promoters Association)
4:05pm
  • Emma Cochrane (Acting Executive Director of Consumer Protection at Competition and Markets Authority (CMA))
  • Hayley Fletcher (Interim Senior Director of Consumer Protection at Competition and Markets Authority (CMA))
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Past events

Tuesday 3 June 2025
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Export led growth - Oral evidence 3 June 2025
2:30pm
  • Russell Codling (Director, Markets Business Development & Commercial Services at Tata Steel)
  • Andy Richardson (Managing Director at Special Melted Products)
  • Murray Paul (Public Affairs Director at Jaguar Land Rover)
  • George Drakos (Director at Bridgnorth Aluminium)
3:10pm
  • David Exwood (Deputy President at National Farmers Union)
  • Paul Kenward (Chief Executive Officer at ABF Sugar)
  • Steve Bates (Chief Executive Officer at Bioindustry Association)
3:50pm
  • Simon Thomas (Chief Executive Officer at Paragraf)
  • Sabina Ciofu (Associate Director - International at techUK)
  • Jonathan Legh-Smith (Executive Director at UKQuantum)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 13 May 2025
1:45pm Private
2:30pm Public
Industrial Strategy - Oral evidence 13 May 2025
2:30pm
  • Andrew Forzani (Government Chief Commercial Officer at Cabinet Office)
  • Andrew New (Chief Executive Officer at NHS Supply Chain)
3:15pm
  • The Lord Livermore (Financial Secretary to the Treasury at HM Treasury)
  • The Baroness Gustafsson CBE (Minister of State (Minister for Investment) at HM Treasury, and Minister of State (Minister for Investment) at Department for Business and Trade)
  • The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern (Minister for Skills at Department of Education, and Minister for Women and Equalities at Department of Education)
  • Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP (Secretary of State for Business and Trade at Department for Business and Trade)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 29 April 2025
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Industrial Strategy - Oral evidence 29 April 2025
2:30pm
  • Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester at Greater Manchester Combined Authority)
  • Kim McGuinness (North East Mayor at North East Combined Authority)
  • Howard Dawber (Deputy Mayor, Business and Growth at Greater London Authority)
3:15pm
  • Kitty Ussher (Head of Group Policy Development at Barclays)
  • John Godfrey (Managing Director for Public Affairs, Policy and Research at TheCityUK)
  • Louis Taylor (Chief Executive Officer at British Business Bank)
  • John Flint (Chief Executive Officer at National Wealth Fund)
4:00pm
  • Stian Westlake (Executive Chair at Economic and Social Research Council, UKRI)
  • Mike Biddle (Executive Director for Net Zero at Innovate UK (UKRI))
  • Matt Clifford CBE (Chair at Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA))
  • Professor Ben Morgan (Chief Executive at Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 22 April 2025
2:30pm Public
Industrial Strategy - Oral evidence 22 April 2025
2:30pm
  • Professor David Greenwood (Chief Executive Officer at Warwick Manufacturing Group)
  • Brian Holliday (Managing Director, Digital Industries at Siemens UK)
  • Stephen Phipson CBE (Chief Executive Officer at Make UK)
3:15pm
  • Markus Grüneisl (Chief Executive Officer at BMW (UK) Manufacturing Ltd)
  • Steve Turner (Assistant General Secretary at Unite the Union)
  • Alan Johnson (Senior Vice President, Region Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Purchasing at Nissan AMEIO)
  • Mike Hawes (Chief Executive at Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT))
4:00pm
  • Alistair McGirr (Group Head of Policy and Advocacy at SSE)
  • Rob Salter-Church (Director of Regulation at National Grid)
  • Louise Kingham CBE (Head of Country, UK at BP plc, and Senior Vice President at BP plc)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: commonsbtc@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8586 (General enquiries) | 020 7219 4984 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Business and Trade Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA