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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Does the UK really know how to ‘do’ national economic security?
The Business & Trade Committee will this week throw new light on the threat to UK economic security with hearings that convene some of the country’s top security experts from the public, private and investment sectors.
6 May 2025
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
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
Upcoming events
Wednesday
9 July 2025
1:15pm
Private
1:30pm
Public
UK economic security - Oral evidence
9 July 2025
1:30pm
- Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP (Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security at Department of Business and Trade)
- Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at Cabinet Office)
- Philippa Makepeace (Director, Geopolitics and Economic Security at Department for Business and Trade)
- Jonathan Black (Deputy National Security Adviser (Economics) at Cabinet Office, and Director General for European & Global Issues at Cabinet Office)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday
8 July 2025
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
UK economic security - Oral evidence
8 July 2025
10:00am
- Archie Norman (Chairman at Marks and Spencer)
- Nick Folland (General Counsel at Marks and Spencer)
- Victoria McKenzie-Gould (Corporate Affairs Director at Marks and Spencer)
10:30am
- Dominic Kendal-Ward (Group Secretary and General Counsel at Co-op Group)
- Rob Elsey (Group Chief Digital Information Officer at Co-op Group)
11:00am
- Professor Ciaran Martin (Professor of Practise in the Management of Public Organisations at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)
- Jamie MacColl (Senior Research Fellow, Cyber and Tech at RUSI)
- Katharina Sommer (Group Head of Government Affairs and Analyst Relations at NCC Group)
11:40am
- James Babbage (Director General (Threats) at National Crime Agency)
- Richard Horne (Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at National Cyber Security Centre)
- Andrew Gould (Detective Chief Superintendent for Cyber and Economic Crime at City of London Police, and National Cybercrime Programme Lead at National Police Chiefs' Council)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
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- 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