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Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee scrutinises the policy, spending and administration of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and its public bodies, including Ofgem, the Financial Reporting Council and the Committee on Climate Change. Sign up to our stakeholder list to receive periodic updates about our activities. You can follow the Committee on Twitter @CommonsBEIS.

These pages only show information for this committee from the start of 2020 onwards. Earlier information can be found on the previous version of the UK Parliament website.

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11 current inquiries

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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Post Office and Horizon
Opened 4 March 2020
Net zero and UN climate summits
Report:
Published
On 5 March 2021
Govt. response:
Due by
On 5 May 2021
Opened 6 March 2020
The impact of coronavirus on businesses and workers
Report:
Published
On 26 February 2021
Govt. response:
Due by
On 26 April 2021
Opened 13 March 2020
Delivering audit reform
Opened 18 March 2020
Post-pandemic economic growth
Opened 3 June 2020
Post-pandemic economic growth: Industrial Strategy
Opened 23 July 2020
Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up - local and regional structures and the delivery of economic growth
Opened 24 July 2020
Forced labour in UK value chains
Report:
Published
On 17 March 2021
Govt. response:
Due by
On 17 May 2021
Opened 18 September 2020
Decarbonising heat in homes
Opened 2 October 2020
Businesses and Brexit preparedness
Opened 17 November 2020
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
Opened 18 March 2021

Non-inquiry work

Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.
Pre-appointment hearings
People nominated to certain public offices may be examined by a committee to assess their suitability and plans for the role.

Latest news

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Secretary of State questioned on work of the department
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee examine issues across the work of the department
25 March 2021
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Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme - BEIS Committee launch inquiry
Committee launches an inquiry examining the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
18 March 2021
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Government should get tough on use of forced labour in Xinjiang
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee publishes report on Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang and UK value chains
17 March 2021

Upcoming events

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Informal meeting
15 April 2021 - 10:15am to 11:15am
Virtual meeting

Latest publications

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Letter from the Trustees of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in follow up to oral evidence given on 23 March
Inquiry Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
Committees Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
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Correspondence
Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chair regarding the Green Homes Grants Voucher Scheme
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Correspondence
Letter from Grahame Morris MP to the Chair regarding the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme
Inquiry Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
Committees Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
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Correspondence

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Contact us

  • Email: beiscom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 4494 (General) / 020 7219 7556 (Media)
  • Address: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA