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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• Mandate 50% UK Hiring for UK Bases of Non-UK Companies
  Open from Thursday 8th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27 signatures

• Replace the Post Office with an independent not-for-profit body
  Open from Tuesday 6th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  47 signatures

• Remove Post Office from process of compensating postmasters

• Remove Post Office from process of compensating postmasters
  Open from Monday 5th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  85 signatures

• Require clear labelling to show when the size of a product has changed
  Open from Friday 2nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  76 signatures

• Remove income tax from service charges paid at hospitality venues
  Open from Friday 2nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Ban online services enforcing policies that prohibit or censor lawful content
  Open from Thursday 1st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  267 signatures

• Provide pubs help with energy bills
  Open from Wednesday 31st January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  33 signatures

• Make it a criminal offence to cold call in person or by phone
  Open from Tuesday 30th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  66 signatures

• Nationalise and invest in the UK Steel Industry
  Open from Monday 29th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  106 signatures

• Introduce a right to pet care and bereavement leave
  Open from Friday 26th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  44 signatures

• Require carbon footprint of items be printed on packaging
  Open from Friday 26th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  100 signatures

• Promote circular fashion and educate the public about effects of fast fashion
  Open from Wednesday 24th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  26 signatures

• Create a regulatory body for funeral directors
  Open from Monday 22nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  739 signatures

• Speed up the payment of compensation for sub-postmasters
  Open from Thursday 18th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  265 signatures

• Ban the sale of cars with wet belt engines
  Open from Thursday 18th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Require businesses to scrap zero hour contracts
  Open from Tuesday 16th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  80 signatures

• Major chains to have at least 50% cashier operated tills
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  32 signatures

• Major chains to have at least 50% cashier operated tills

• Require all businesses and public services to accept cash payments
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  130 signatures

• Ban the use of fireworks
  Open from Wednesday 10th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  57 signatures

• Require publishers to declare AI content on cover of books
  Open from Tuesday 9th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  152 signatures

• Require hospitality businesses provide transport for staff on public holidays
  Open from Tuesday 9th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Ban the sale of fireworks to the public
  Open from Monday 8th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  83 signatures

• Require companies to publish wait time on phones, with fines for excessive waits
  Open from Thursday 4th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Fund a voucher discount scheme for healthy food
  Open from Wednesday 3rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  26 signatures

• Ban restaurants from adding a service charge to bills
  Open from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  219 signatures

• Make it illegal for retail and hospitality businesses to refuse cash as payment
  Open from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  359 signatures

• Immediately revoke all licences for arms exports to Israel
  Open from Thursday 21st December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  107,316 signatures

• Make it illegal to deliver unsolicited mail if someone displays a sign/sticker
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  63 signatures

• Accountants to be liable for incorrect tax rebate claims, not client
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  582 signatures

• Remove the need for planning permission for radio antennae on domestic property
  Open from Friday 15th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  30 signatures

• Require companies to return funds on gift cards if not used
  Open from Thursday 14th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27 signatures

• Ban cash purchases over £500 to reduce ability to spend profits from crime.
  Open from Tuesday 12th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14 signatures

• Make 29 February a bank holiday
  Open from Thursday 7th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  194 signatures

• Require employers report and investigate near misses
  Open from Thursday 7th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Ban recording using smart glasses without the knowledge of people being recorded
  Open from Wednesday 6th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Make it illegal to taper redundancy payments for people approaching pension age
  Open from Tuesday 5th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  32 signatures

• Provide councils power to prevent intrusive domestic CCTV
  Open from Tuesday 5th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Ban fireworks in residential areas and only allow in remote areas by licence
  Open from Wednesday 29th November 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  120 signatures

• Ban from public sale certain fireworks for garden use
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  162 signatures

• Ban employers suspending employees for more than 10 weeks
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Require employers to eliminate the gender pay gap
  Open from Thursday 16th November 2023 to Thursday 16th May 2024
  37 signatures

• Introduce new restrictions on the sale of fireworks
  Open from Thursday 16th November 2023 to Thursday 16th May 2024
  47 signatures

• Require companies to report annually on age diversity
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  45 signatures

• Only allow fireworks on the dates of traditional celebratory events
  Open from Monday 13th November 2023 to Monday 13th May 2024
  119 signatures

• To ban the use of fireworks after 10pm
  Open from Monday 13th November 2023 to Monday 13th May 2024
  47 signatures

• Ban charges increasing during fixed-term contracts
  Open from Thursday 2nd November 2023 to Thursday 2nd May 2024
  36 signatures

• Increase paternity leave and entitlements to equal maternity leave and pay
  Open from Wednesday 1st November 2023 to Wednesday 1st May 2024
  50 signatures

• Review protections for public from unsafe electrical infrastructure
  Open from Wednesday 25th October 2023 to Thursday 25th April 2024
  198 signatures

• Introduce economic sanctions on Israel
  Open from Wednesday 18th October 2023 to Thursday 18th April 2024
  10,936 signatures

• Ban Loyalty Card Schemes at all Supermarkets
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  91 signatures

• Create comprehensive menstrual employment rights and requirements for employers
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  244 signatures

• Reduce maximum working week to 35hrs and increase minimum wage to £15/hr
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  77 signatures

• Create specific entitlements to paid leave for menstrual and uterine conditions
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  318 signatures

• Enhance statutory maternity pay and leave for parents with multiple births
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  34 signatures

• Introduce new rules on transparency of subsidy applications and awards
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  27 signatures

• Give people of Chinese heritage a right to take leave on Chinese New Year
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  531 signatures

• Ban businesses from providing services exclusively through apps
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  37 signatures

• Require businesses trading in Russia to compensate Ukraine and warn consumers
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  173 signatures

• Make 1st November a public holiday
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  49 signatures

• Give parents a right to start work late once a week to take children to school
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  72 signatures

• Require supermarkets to sell fuel at cost price this winter
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  18 signatures

• Require supermarkets to have shopping trolleys for more than one child
  Open from Thursday 28th September 2023 to Thursday 28th March 2024
  18 signatures

• Create a Minister of State for Hospitality that attends Cabinet
  Open from Tuesday 19th September 2023 to Tuesday 19th March 2024
  38 signatures

• Require tradespeople to be registered
  Open from Friday 15th September 2023 to Friday 15th March 2024
  47 signatures

• Add specific provision for women to regulations on PPE in the workplace
  Open from Wednesday 13th September 2023 to Wednesday 13th March 2024
  1,941 signatures

• Replace bank holidays with increased statutory holiday entitlements
  Open from Tuesday 5th September 2023 to Tuesday 5th March 2024
  12 signatures

• Make Guru Poornima a bank holiday
  Open from Friday 25th August 2023 to Sunday 25th February 2024
  29 signatures

• Allow trade union members to submit their vote electronically
  Open from Thursday 24th August 2023 to Saturday 24th February 2024
  42 signatures

• Require employers to pay workers for required overtime
  Open from Monday 14th August 2023 to Wednesday 14th February 2024
  106 signatures

• Reduce maximum working hours to four 10-hour days
  Open from Thursday 20th July 2023 to Saturday 20th January 2024
  45 signatures

• Ban non-biodegradable glitter and confetti
  Open from Wednesday 19th July 2023 to Friday 19th January 2024
  133 signatures

• Ban employers from making deductions shortfalls from pay for retail workers
  Open from Monday 17th July 2023 to Wednesday 17th January 2024
  32 signatures

• Require all hotel staff with access to room keys have enhanced DBS checks
  Open from Thursday 13th July 2023 to Saturday 13th January 2024
  251 signatures

• Require education on Gender Dysphoria in schools and workplaces
  Open from Wednesday 12th July 2023 to Friday 12th January 2024
  38 signatures

• Give fathers/second parents a right to 6 weeks' paid leave in baby's first year
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  14,428 signatures

• Ban The Sale Of Ring-Style Frisbees By Retailers
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  668 signatures

• Require labelling of all products produced by companies paying tax in Russia

• Require labelling of all products produced by companies paying tax in Russia
  Open from Monday 10th July 2023 to Wednesday 10th January 2024
  520 signatures

• Make Paid Pet Bereavement Leave Compulsory in the Workplace
  Open from Friday 16th June 2023 to Saturday 16th December 2023
  43 signatures

• Ban strobe lighting in public venues to help protect epilepsy
  Open from Thursday 15th June 2023 to Friday 15th December 2023
  25 signatures

• Ban the sale of fireworks to the general public
  Open from Thursday 15th June 2023 to Friday 15th December 2023
  50,288 signatures

• Ensure customers can cancel subscriptions online if signed up to online
  Open from Tuesday 13th June 2023 to Wednesday 13th December 2023
  75 signatures

• Scrap daylight savings time (DST) in the United Kingdom
  Open from Tuesday 13th June 2023 to Wednesday 13th December 2023
  125 signatures

• Require menus to be available in formats accessible to visually impaired people
  Open from Monday 12th June 2023 to Tuesday 12th December 2023
  219 signatures

• Abolish Restrictions on Sunday Trading Hours
  Open from Wednesday 7th June 2023 to Thursday 7th December 2023
  111 signatures

• Introduce a Bank Holiday in June to celebrate Class 37 trains
  Open from Wednesday 7th June 2023 to Thursday 7th December 2023
  419 signatures

• Ban shops from displaying alcoholic drinks by the checkouts
  Open from Tuesday 6th June 2023 to Wednesday 6th December 2023
  117 signatures

• Require employers to offer career breaks for parents with a seriously ill child
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  102,316 signatures

• Make 12 hour shifts illegal
  Open from Thursday 1st June 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023
  164 signatures

• Anywhere selling disposable vapes should also have recycling bins for them
  Open from Thursday 1st June 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023
  88 signatures

• Provide funding to make shops and other businesses wheelchair accessible
  Open from Friday 26th May 2023 to Sunday 26th November 2023
  190 signatures

• Ban the use of umbrella companies
  Open from Tuesday 23rd May 2023 to Thursday 23rd November 2023
  22 signatures

• Make St George's Day a public Holiday
  Open from Monday 22nd May 2023 to Wednesday 22nd November 2023
  52 signatures

• Reform maternity, paternity, shared parental & adoption leave and pay
  Open from Friday 19th May 2023 to Sunday 19th November 2023
  192 signatures

• Require venues licensed to sell alcohol to pay for taxis home for staff
  Open from Friday 19th May 2023 to Sunday 19th November 2023
  12 signatures

• Legal requirement for employers to provide sanitary products
  Open from Thursday 18th May 2023 to Saturday 18th November 2023
  29 signatures

• Require AEDs in publicly accessible businesses and make tax deductible
  Open from Wednesday 10th May 2023 to Friday 10th November 2023
  1,933 signatures

• Fund pension contributions for those on maternity/parental leave
  Open from Wednesday 10th May 2023 to Friday 10th November 2023
  19 signatures

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