James McMurdock MP: written questions

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Foreign CompaniesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Reforms to make it easier for overseas companies to move to the UK, published on 25 March 2026, what assessment he has made of the capacity of Compan
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade will continue to work closely with Companies House to ensure the regime will be implemented effectively and applications can be processed in a timely manner.
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Foreign CompaniesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Reforms to make it easier for overseas companies to move to the UK, published on 25 March 2026, how the proposed re-domiciliation regime will interac
Answer: Under current proposals set out for public consultation, re-domiciled companies will retain all criminal and civil liabilities, and all contracts, debts and other obligations, to which the re-domiciling body corporate was subject immediately before re-dom...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Foreign CompaniesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Reforms to make it easier for overseas companies to move to the UK, published on 25 March 2026, whether companies relocating under the proposed regim
Answer: Under current proposals set out for public consultation, re-domiciled companies will retain all criminal and civil liabilities, and all contracts, debts and other obligations, to which the re-domiciling body corporate was subject immediately before re-dom...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Foreign CompaniesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Reforms to make it easier for overseas companies to move to the UK, published on 25 March 2026, what safeguards will be in place to prevent companies
Answer: Under current proposals set out for public consultation, re-domiciled companies will retain all criminal and civil liabilities, and all contracts, debts and other obligations, to which the re-domiciling body corporate was subject immediately before re-dom...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Foreign Companies: LocationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Reforms to make it easier for overseas companies to move to the UK, published on 25 March 2026, what criteria will be used to determine whether an ov
Answer: Under current proposals set out for public consultation, re-domiciliation to the UK will be available to bodies corporate located in a jurisdiction that permits outward re-domiciliation to the UK and which fulfil the following requirements:Meet the defini...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Foreign CompaniesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Reforms to make it easier for overseas companies to move to the UK, published on 25 March 2026, whether companies from all jurisdictions will be elig
Answer: Under current proposals set out for public consultation, re-domiciliation to the UK will be available to bodies corporate located in a jurisdiction that permits outward re-domiciliation to the UK and which fulfil the following requirements:Meet the defini...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Foreign CompaniesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Reforms to make it easier for overseas companies to move to the UK, published on 25 March 2026, which types of overseas companies will be eligible to
Answer: Under current proposals set out for public consultation, re-domiciliation to the UK will be available to bodies corporate located in a jurisdiction that permits outward re-domiciliation to the UK and which fulfil the following requirements:Meet the defini...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Foreign CompaniesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Reforms to make it easier for overseas companies to move to the UK, published on 25 March 2026, what quantitative assessment he has made of the poten
Answer: The Government has published an analytical paper alongside the consultation providing a high-level assessment of the likely impacts. Initial analysis suggests that the regime would help to make the UK more attractive to companies wishing to change their d...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Foreign CompaniesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Reforms to make it easier for overseas companies to move to the UK, published on 25 March 2026, what estimate he has made of the number of overseas c
Answer: The Government has published an analytical paper alongside the consultation providing a high-level assessment of the likely impacts. Initial analysis suggests that the regime would help to make the UK more attractive to companies wishing to change their d...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Public Consultation: Cost EffectivenessCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126094More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what the projected savings to the public purse are as a result of reduced consultations.
Answer: Policy analysis is currently ongoing to develop recommendations to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy. We have already identified initial targeted first steps, but this is a significant piece of work requiring ministerial decisions across a range of policy ar...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
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Public Consultation: Parliamentary ScrutinyCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126093More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what mechanisms will be in place to allow Parliament to scrutinise decisions to reduce consu
Answer: The government is committed to protecting the necessary checks and balances to ministerial and Parliamentary decision making. In line with standard processes, Parliament will have the opportunity to scrutinise and challenge any changes to consultation req...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126092More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, whether Ministers will publish a list of consultation and reporting requirements that are re
Answer: No decision has currently been taken on which requirements have been removed or amended under the reforms.Any removal of statutory consultation duties will require legislation, and so parliament will be able to scrutinise these changes in the ordinary way...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126091More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, whether any primary legislation will be required to implement the changes announced on 26 Ma
Answer: The government is committed to identifying existing disproportionate reporting and consultation duties that are slowing down delivery. The policy analysis is in the early stages and all options are being considered.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Environmental Outcomes ReportsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what differences will exist between Environmental Impact Assessments and
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Environmental Outcomes Reports: Roadmap to reform published on 13 March 2026, which can be found on gov.uk here, and the response to the previous government’s March 2023 consultation on Environmental Outcomes Reports, which ...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Public Consultation: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126089More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what human oversight will be applied to decisions informed by artificial intelligence in rev
Answer: AI tools are being used to identify statutory requirements to consult. Decisions remain the purview of ministers.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Public Consultation: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126088More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what criteria will be used by AI systems to determine whether consultation requirements shou
Answer: AI tools are being used to identify statutory requirements to consult. Decisions remain the purview of Ministers.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Government Departments: BureaucracyCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126087More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what systems of artificial intelligence will be used to identify disproportionate consultati
Answer: We are using state-of-the-art large language models to identify all duties to consult within the statute book, as well as contextual information such as responsible department and the circumstances under which consultation is required.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126086More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, how many statutory consultation requirements Ministers expect to remove or amend as a result
Answer: The government is committed to identifying existing disproportionate reporting and consultation duties that are slowing down delivery. This process is still ongoing.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126085More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, how many of the 131 consultation requirements referenced in the press release were from gove
Answer: All 131 consultation requirements were from existing primary legislation, not bills currently before Parliament or Secondary legislation. The government is committed to identifying existing disproportionate reporting and consultation duties that are slowi...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126084More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, how many of the 131 consultation requirements referenced in the article were identified as b
Answer: We have developed an AI tool to help identify uncover consultation requirements hidden within legislation. It is up to ministerial and Parliamentary discretion to decide their value to specific legislation and the policies underlying that legislation. Thi...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126083More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, which government department was consulting on a change to how it produces its annual report,
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126082More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, if he will publish a list of the regularly identified excessive processes and checks which a
Answer: There are currently no plans to publish a list of excessive processes and checks that are clogging up the system. However, we continue to develop policy options for the sludgebusting agenda, and all options are currently open for how we communicate any ch...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Permanent Secretaries: AccountabilityCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126081More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, whether the new accountability framework for Permanent Secretaries, designed to focus on del
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Collective ResponsibilityCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126080More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what the new process will be for collective Cabinet agreement of government policy.
Answer: The Cabinet Office has launched a programme of work to simplify the state, removing unnecessary bureaucracy and speeding up the timeline from ministerial decision to delivery for citizens, including through the process for collective agreement of governme...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Collective ResponsibilityCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126079More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, if he will make an assessment of which cabinet decisions since July 2024 would have been spe
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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