Committees

Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls

Commons Select Committee

The Sub-Committee was established to scrutinise key elements of the UK Government’s economic security regime, and consider whether more needs to be done to ensure that its strategy can meet the challenges of an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape. The Sub-Committee will also take forward the Business and Trade Committee’s responsibilities for scrutiny of government investment screening decisions taken under National Security and Investment Act, and arms exports licensed under the Export Control Act.

Inquiry

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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UK economic security
Opened 6 March 2025

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.

Latest news

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How to stop the UK being abused as a global cash laundromat?
MPs on the Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls will hear evidence on efforts to clamp down on the criminal abuse of the UK’s register of companies
18 March 2025
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Is the UK’s economic security regime fit-for-purpose? BTC launches new sub-Committee
The Business and Trade Committee launches a Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls with the remit to assess whether the Government’s economic security arrangements are fit for purpose in today’s geopolitical climate.
6 March 2025

Latest publications

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Letter from Companies House relating to continued reform, 17 April 2025
Work Economic crime (Non-inquiry session)
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Correspondence
Letter to the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security relating to the Committee's visit to the ECJU, 25 March 2025
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Correspondence
Letter from the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security relating to the Committee's visit to ECJU, 2 April 2025
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Correspondence

Contact us

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