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 20 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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• 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

• Create a fund to provide enhanced sick pay for workers on long-term sick leave
  Open from Thursday 4th May 2023 to Saturday 4th November 2023
  50 signatures

• Make Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha public holidays
  Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
  78,480 signatures

• Make workplace bullying illegal
  Open from Thursday 27th April 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023
  65 signatures

• Apply all employment rights from the start of employment
  Open from Thursday 27th April 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023
  26 signatures

• Reform £100k income threshold for tax-free childcare and free childcare hours
  Open from Thursday 27th April 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023
  49 signatures

• Introduce new pay and benefit entitlements for food delivery drivers
  Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
  131 signatures

• Require employers to offer contracts based on average hours worked
  Open from Tuesday 18th April 2023 to Wednesday 18th October 2023
  15 signatures

• Ban charges increasing during fixed-term contracts
  Open from Tuesday 18th April 2023 to Wednesday 18th October 2023
  73 signatures

• Make a UK law requiring all establishments to accept cash
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  20,772 signatures

• Stop deep-sea mining
  Open from Friday 14th April 2023 to Saturday 14th October 2023
  35,036 signatures

• Require disabled toilets have changing stations large enough for children/adults
  Open from Thursday 13th April 2023 to Friday 13th October 2023
  2,299 signatures

• Require retailers list delivery partner for online orders
  Open from Wednesday 12th April 2023 to Thursday 12th October 2023
  60 signatures

• Introduce statutory licensing and regulation of builders
  Open from Tuesday 11th April 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023
  10,999 signatures

• Create new rights to paid breastfeeding breaks for mothers
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  4,074 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement to have bleed control kits in all public places
  Open from Tuesday 4th April 2023 to Wednesday 4th October 2023
  1,111 signatures

• Extend 30 hours free childcare to healthcare students
  Open from Monday 3rd April 2023 to Tuesday 3rd October 2023
  496 signatures

• Hold referendums on joining new trade blocks eg CPTPP
  Open from Tuesday 28th March 2023 to Thursday 28th September 2023
  11,985 signatures

• Implement trade sanctions on Kazakhstan to prevent Russia evading sanctions
  Open from Wednesday 22nd March 2023 to Friday 22nd September 2023
  39 signatures

• Ban import of octopuses bred by intensive farming methods
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  92 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement for salaries to be included in all job adverts
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  182 signatures

• Make all UK companies pay a fine if their gender pay gaps are not closed by 2024
  Open from Wednesday 8th March 2023 to Friday 8th September 2023
  47 signatures

• Hold an inquiry into unfair practises in the pandemic and cost of living crisis
  Open from Tuesday 7th March 2023 to Thursday 7th September 2023
  99 signatures

• Promote tech opportunities for refugees and low-income individuals
  Open from Tuesday 7th March 2023 to Thursday 7th September 2023
  28 signatures

• Suspend UK trade deals with Nations that hunt dolphins or whales
  Open from Wednesday 22nd February 2023 to Tuesday 22nd August 2023
  303 signatures

• Ensure UK-Israel Trade Deal includes conditions on democracy and the rule of law
  Open from Monday 20th February 2023 to Sunday 20th August 2023
  712 signatures

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