Department for Business and Trade

We are the department for economic growth. We support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. DBT is a ministerial department, supported by 19 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP
  Secretary of State for Business and Trade, President of the Board of Trade
• Nusrat Ghani MP
  Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade
• Nigel Huddleston MP
  Minister of State
• Lord Johnson
  Minister of State
• Kevin Hollinrake MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
• The Earl of Minto
  Minister of State

Petitions linked to this department

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• Negotiate a minerals rights deal with Ukraine
  Opened on Tuesday 29th April 2025
  8 signatures so far

• Ban the sale of defaced power tools & large power tool sales at car boot fairs
  Opened on Monday 28th April 2025
  75 signatures so far

• Ban the sale of small animals from pet shops and third-party sellers in the UK
  Opened on Monday 28th April 2025
  21 signatures so far

• Restrict the sale of high caffeine drinks to adults only
  Opened on Monday 28th April 2025
  12 signatures so far

• Make GMT+1 permanent in the UK
  Opened on Monday 28th April 2025
  18 signatures so far

• Raise the minimum legal age to make adult content to 25
  Opened on Friday 25th April 2025
  118 signatures so far

• Phase out and ban the sale of plastic manual toothbrushes by 2040
  Opened on Friday 25th April 2025
  42 signatures so far

• Require restaurants to list all ingredients in their food when asked
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd April 2025
  187 signatures so far

• Legislate against 'price-gouging' practices
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd April 2025
  23 signatures so far

• Pay compensation to families of wronged Sub-Postmasters/mistresses
  Opened on Thursday 17th April 2025
  156 signatures so far

• Impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods
  Opened on Thursday 17th April 2025
  38 signatures so far

• Ban companies from charging more for hygiene products targeted to females
  Opened on Thursday 17th April 2025
  197 signatures so far

• Require companies to use AI modelling instead of animal testing if possible
  Opened on Thursday 17th April 2025
  19 signatures so far

• Legislate for Mobile Phones to have Hardware "Kill Switch" to help reduce thefts
  Opened on Wednesday 16th April 2025
  22 signatures so far

• Cap profits at 10% of revenues for essential goods and services
  Opened on Monday 14th April 2025
  72 signatures so far

• Explore sources of funding for a European Rare Earths Consortium.
  Opened on Friday 11th April 2025
  31 signatures so far

• Require online knife purchases to be collected in-person from the Post Office.
  Opened on Friday 11th April 2025
  28 signatures so far

• Create a specific Minimum Wage for Security Personnel 10% higher than NMW
  Opened on Friday 11th April 2025
  23 signatures so far

• Require leisure companies to provide exclusive Additional Learning Need sessions
  Opened on Friday 11th April 2025
  76 signatures so far

• Ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) in menstrual products
  Opened on Wednesday 9th April 2025
  34 signatures so far

• Create a law to protect the neon sign making industry
  Opened on Tuesday 8th April 2025
  227 signatures so far

• Introduce measures to address longevity and repair of products
  Opened on Thursday 3rd April 2025
  35 signatures so far

• Require a one-week minimum payment period for charges such as tolls
  Opened on Thursday 3rd April 2025
  43 signatures so far

• Introduce a new enforcement scheme for businesses that violate the Equality Act
  Opened on Wednesday 2nd April 2025
  26 signatures so far

• Change the law so all investors can vote their shares
  Opened on Tuesday 1st April 2025
  677 signatures so far

• Stop Vets insisting total payment upfront when pets are covered by insurance
  Opened on Tuesday 1st April 2025
  72 signatures so far

• Stronger Product Safety & Copyright protection on Non-UK E-Commerce Platforms
  Opened on Friday 28th March 2025
  121 signatures so far

• Ban shops that aren’t registered vape shops from selling vaping products
  Opened on Friday 28th March 2025
  38 signatures so far

• Grant £10K per year to small retailers facing losses from shoplifting
  Opened on Friday 28th March 2025
  298 signatures so far

• Require companies to provide information about supply chains for all products
  Opened on Friday 28th March 2025
  36 signatures so far

• Ban online sales of cameras disguised as household items
  Opened on Friday 28th March 2025
  30 signatures so far

• Require food establishments to have adrenaline autoinjectors readily available
  Opened on Thursday 27th March 2025
  30 signatures so far

• Require airlines to provide/sell sanitary products
  Opened on Wednesday 26th March 2025
  41 signatures so far

• Require all workplaces to have Neurodiversity Advocates
  Opened on Friday 21st March 2025
  130 signatures so far

• Make predatory lenders illegal in the UK
  Opened on Friday 21st March 2025
  49 signatures so far

• Regulate price of car repairs and labour costs
  Opened on Wednesday 19th March 2025
  24 signatures so far

• Require food retailers to label products which are subject to shrinkflation
  Opened on Wednesday 19th March 2025
  38 signatures so far

• Require all businesses to have environmental sustainability plans by 2030
  Opened on Wednesday 19th March 2025
  28 signatures so far

• Require pickup of packaging boxes by companies making repeat deliveries
  Opened on Tuesday 18th March 2025
  168 signatures so far

• Review and seek changes to GPSR, and provide better support for small businesses
  Opened on Monday 17th March 2025
  16 signatures so far

• Stop bookmakers from banning or restricting customers
  Opened on Monday 17th March 2025
  238 signatures so far

• Regulate funeral directors
  Opened on Friday 14th March 2025
  36 signatures so far

• Fine all courier & parcel delivery companies failing to meet delivery targets
  Opened on Wednesday 12th March 2025
  19 signatures so far

• Implement an "HSE Owned Legal Register for Electricians"
  Opened on Monday 10th March 2025
  1,690 signatures so far

• Ban junk mail generically addressed to "The Occupier", "The Householder" etc
  Opened on Tuesday 4th March 2025
  100 signatures so far

• Review and extend Sunday Trading Hours
  Opened on Thursday 27th February 2025
  52 signatures so far

• Increase statutory paternity leave from two weeks to four weeks.
  Opened on Monday 24th February 2025
  103 signatures so far

• Require online retailers to name intended delivery company prior to transaction
  Opened on Monday 24th February 2025
  68 signatures so far

• Use diplomatic and trade influence to stop hot branding cattle around the world
  Opened on Monday 24th February 2025
  61 signatures so far

• Household products to display environmental impact ratings.
  Opened on Friday 21st February 2025
  81 signatures so far

• Ban businesses adding service charges to bills without prior customer consent
  Opened on Thursday 20th February 2025
  95 signatures so far

• Change the amount of redundancy from 20 years maximum to full employment term.
  Opened on Thursday 20th February 2025
  25 signatures so far

• Ban overseas companies posing as UK companies & offering misleading products.
  Opened on Wednesday 19th February 2025
  56 signatures so far

• Require all pubs and restaurants to close on Christmas Day
  Opened on Tuesday 18th February 2025
  39 signatures so far

• Increase the period an employment tribunal claim can be made to a year
  Opened on Monday 17th February 2025
  26 signatures so far

• Ban the import of Antarctic Krill Products into the UK
  Opened on Friday 14th February 2025
  93 signatures so far

• Establish a statutory body to mediate disputes within the motor industry.
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  14 signatures so far

• Stricter regulation on the advertisement of alcohol
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  35 signatures so far

• Require all meat to be labelled to indicate the method of slaughter, as such
  Opened on Tuesday 11th February 2025
  1,875 signatures so far

• Ban non-recyclable plastic packaging and products.
  Opened on Monday 10th February 2025
  231 signatures so far

• Stricter laws for delivery companies: provide location info & access to parcels
  Opened on Friday 7th February 2025
  40 signatures so far

• Fine food delivery companies that fail to ensure their cyclists use lights
  Opened on Thursday 6th February 2025
  39 signatures so far

• Review the rules on complaint escalation to Ombudsmen/ADR in all industries
  Opened on Tuesday 4th February 2025
  18 signatures so far

• Create an ombudsman for online trading
  Opened on Tuesday 4th February 2025
  24 signatures so far

• Require employers to pay college students undertaking work placements
  Opened on Tuesday 4th February 2025
  33 signatures so far

• Regulate the way that Gyms can increase the price in the middle of a contract.
  Opened on Friday 31st January 2025
  32 signatures so far

• Increase the incentive for employers employing an apprentice to £2,000
  Opened on Thursday 30th January 2025
  1,056 signatures so far

• Improve statutory paternity leave in the UK to better support families.
  Opened on Thursday 30th January 2025
  1,762 signatures so far

• Stop businesses from making staff use annual leave at Christmas
  Opened on Monday 27th January 2025
  55 signatures so far

• Review how to protect jobs from being taken by AI technology
  Opened on Friday 24th January 2025
  92 signatures so far

• Review the Legal Expense Insurance industry
  Opened on Thursday 23rd January 2025
  17 signatures so far

• Equal Parental Leave for Fathers: Reform UK statutory Paternity leave Policies
  Opened on Monday 20th January 2025
  171 signatures so far

• Make it a legal requirement for employees to have neurodiversity training
  Opened on Monday 20th January 2025
  89 signatures so far

• Recognise Police Special Constables under s50 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
  Opened on Friday 17th January 2025
  970 signatures so far

• Require pubs and food and drink businesses to have dog free areas
  Opened on Thursday 16th January 2025
  106 signatures so far

• GPSR: Negotiate with the EU to let UK Businesses to Act as an Authorised Person
  Opened on Wednesday 15th January 2025
  30 signatures so far

• Ban sunbed use due to health risks + the large cost to the NHS from skin cancers
  Opened on Thursday 9th January 2025
  136 signatures so far

• Regulate veterinary practices to help make them more affordable
  Opened on Wednesday 8th January 2025
  258 signatures so far

• To make Shrove Tuesday "Pancake Day" a national holiday in England and Wales
  Opened on Thursday 2nd January 2025
  67 signatures so far

• Increase the statutory paternity leave allowance for fathers of multiple births
  Opened on Monday 30th December 2024
  219 signatures so far

• Seek to secure trade deals with the US and Canada
  Opened on Monday 30th December 2024
  52 signatures so far

• Require parliamentary scrutiny of any proposal to amend the Royal Mail USO
  Opened on Monday 23rd December 2024
  17,064 signatures so far

• Require all products to show origin of production.
  Opened on Monday 23rd December 2024
  79 signatures so far

• Require clothes labels to show the retailer the clothes were made for
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  52 signatures so far

• Create an employment right to take your leave whenever you want
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  33 signatures so far

• Require coercive control awareness training for some sectors
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  623 signatures so far

• Change the drinking age in pubs to 14 and alcohol purchasing age in pubs to 16
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  86 signatures so far

• Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent in the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 18th December 2024
  433 signatures so far

• UK Government to open talks with EU on rejoining Custom Union and Single Market
  Opened on Monday 16th December 2024
  254 signatures so far

• Put tighter restrictions on the selling of knives.
  Opened on Monday 16th December 2024
  92 signatures so far

• Require companies put political party logo on all products if they fund a party
  Opened on Friday 13th December 2024
  83 signatures so far

• Provide grants of £25,000 for independent tackle shops.
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd December 2024
  201 signatures so far

• Make the registration to the Prompt Payment Code mandatory for all companies
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd December 2024
  80 signatures so far

• Shorten the hours in which fireworks can be set off.
  Opened on Monday 2nd December 2024
  96 signatures so far

• Ban nepotism in the workplace
  Opened on Thursday 28th November 2024
  65 signatures so far

• Entitlement to bereavement leave after baby loss in first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
  Opened on Wednesday 27th November 2024
  175 signatures so far

• Ban holiday companies raising prices in school holidays.
  Opened on Tuesday 26th November 2024
  1,730 signatures so far

• Conduct a review of routes into work for new graduates.
  Opened on Monday 25th November 2024
  329 signatures so far

• Ban fireworks
  Opened on Thursday 21st November 2024
  483 signatures so far

• Make it illegal to sell, buy and use fireworks other than silent ones
  Opened on Tuesday 19th November 2024
  1,012 signatures so far

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