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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• Pay compensation to families of wronged Sub-Postmasters/mistresses
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  317 signatures

• Impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  45 signatures

• Ban companies from charging more for hygiene products targeted to females
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  263 signatures

• Require companies to use AI modelling instead of animal testing if possible
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  106 signatures

• Legislate for Mobile Phones to have Hardware "Kill Switch" to help reduce thefts
  Open from Wednesday 16th April 2025 to Thursday 16th October 2025
  46 signatures

• Cap profits at 10% of revenues for essential goods and services
  Open from Monday 14th April 2025 to Tuesday 14th October 2025
  83 signatures

• Explore sources of funding for a European Rare Earths Consortium.
  Open from Friday 11th April 2025 to Saturday 11th October 2025
  38 signatures

• Require online knife purchases to be collected in-person from the Post Office.
  Open from Friday 11th April 2025 to Saturday 11th October 2025
  46 signatures

• Create a specific Minimum Wage for Security Personnel 10% higher than NMW
  Open from Friday 11th April 2025 to Saturday 11th October 2025
  37 signatures

• Require leisure companies to provide exclusive Additional Learning Need sessions
  Open from Friday 11th April 2025 to Saturday 11th October 2025
  81 signatures

• Ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) in menstrual products
  Open from Wednesday 9th April 2025 to Thursday 9th October 2025
  79 signatures

• Create a law to protect the neon sign making industry
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  552 signatures

• Review and support the continued operation of pubs to prevent more closures
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  12,486 signatures

• Introduce measures to address longevity and repair of products
  Open from Thursday 3rd April 2025 to Friday 3rd October 2025
  50 signatures

• Require a one-week minimum payment period for charges such as tolls
  Open from Thursday 3rd April 2025 to Friday 3rd October 2025
  56 signatures

• Introduce a new enforcement scheme for businesses that violate the Equality Act
  Open from Wednesday 2nd April 2025 to Thursday 2nd October 2025
  34 signatures

• Change the law so all investors can vote their shares
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  2,579 signatures

• Stop Vets insisting total payment upfront when pets are covered by insurance
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  91 signatures

• Stronger Product Safety & Copyright protection on Non-UK E-Commerce Platforms
  Open from Friday 28th March 2025 to Sunday 28th September 2025
  159 signatures

• Ban shops that aren’t registered vape shops from selling vaping products
  Open from Friday 28th March 2025 to Sunday 28th September 2025
  57 signatures

• Grant £10K per year to small retailers facing losses from shoplifting
  Open from Friday 28th March 2025 to Sunday 28th September 2025
  305 signatures

• Require companies to provide information about supply chains for all products
  Open from Friday 28th March 2025 to Sunday 28th September 2025
  54 signatures

• Ban online sales of cameras disguised as household items
  Open from Friday 28th March 2025 to Sunday 28th September 2025
  31 signatures

• Require food establishments to have adrenaline autoinjectors readily available
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  42 signatures

• Require airlines to provide/sell sanitary products
  Open from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 26th September 2025
  49 signatures

• Require all workplaces to have Neurodiversity Advocates
  Open from Friday 21st March 2025 to Sunday 21st September 2025
  154 signatures

• Make predatory lenders illegal in the UK
  Open from Friday 21st March 2025 to Sunday 21st September 2025
  64 signatures

• Regulate price of car repairs and labour costs
  Open from Wednesday 19th March 2025 to Friday 19th September 2025
  34 signatures

• Require food retailers to label products which are subject to shrinkflation
  Open from Wednesday 19th March 2025 to Friday 19th September 2025
  56 signatures

• Require all businesses to have environmental sustainability plans by 2030
  Open from Wednesday 19th March 2025 to Friday 19th September 2025
  37 signatures

• Require pickup of packaging boxes by companies making repeat deliveries
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  174 signatures

• Review and seek changes to GPSR, and provide better support for small businesses
  Open from Monday 17th March 2025 to Wednesday 17th September 2025
  36 signatures

• Stop bookmakers from banning or restricting customers
  Open from Monday 17th March 2025 to Wednesday 17th September 2025
  296 signatures

• Regulate funeral directors
  Open from Friday 14th March 2025 to Sunday 14th September 2025
  54 signatures

• Fine all courier & parcel delivery companies failing to meet delivery targets
  Open from Wednesday 12th March 2025 to Friday 12th September 2025
  25 signatures

• Implement an "HSE Owned Legal Register for Electricians"
  Open from Monday 10th March 2025 to Wednesday 10th September 2025
  2,467 signatures

• Ban junk mail generically addressed to "The Occupier", "The Householder" etc
  Open from Tuesday 4th March 2025 to Thursday 4th September 2025
  126 signatures

• Review and extend Sunday Trading Hours
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2025 to Wednesday 27th August 2025
  73 signatures

• Increase statutory paternity leave from two weeks to four weeks.
  Open from Monday 24th February 2025 to Sunday 24th August 2025
  155 signatures

• Require online retailers to name intended delivery company prior to transaction
  Open from Monday 24th February 2025 to Sunday 24th August 2025
  75 signatures

• Use diplomatic and trade influence to stop hot branding cattle around the world
  Open from Monday 24th February 2025 to Sunday 24th August 2025
  65 signatures

• Household products to display environmental impact ratings.
  Open from Friday 21st February 2025 to Thursday 21st August 2025
  89 signatures

• Ban businesses adding service charges to bills without prior customer consent
  Open from Thursday 20th February 2025 to Wednesday 20th August 2025
  516 signatures

• Change the amount of redundancy from 20 years maximum to full employment term.
  Open from Thursday 20th February 2025 to Wednesday 20th August 2025
  31 signatures

• Ban overseas companies posing as UK companies & offering misleading products.
  Open from Wednesday 19th February 2025 to Tuesday 19th August 2025
  61 signatures

• Require all pubs and restaurants to close on Christmas Day
  Open from Tuesday 18th February 2025 to Monday 18th August 2025
  42 signatures

• Increase the period an employment tribunal claim can be made to a year
  Open from Monday 17th February 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
  29 signatures

• Ban the import of Antarctic Krill Products into the UK
  Open from Friday 14th February 2025 to Thursday 14th August 2025
  265 signatures

• Establish a statutory body to mediate disputes within the motor industry.
  Open from Thursday 13th February 2025 to Wednesday 13th August 2025
  16 signatures

• Stricter regulation on the advertisement of alcohol
  Open from Thursday 13th February 2025 to Wednesday 13th August 2025
  49 signatures

• Require all meat to be labelled to indicate the method of slaughter, as such
  Open from Tuesday 11th February 2025 to Monday 11th August 2025
  4,692 signatures

• Ban non-recyclable plastic packaging and products.
  Open from Monday 10th February 2025 to Sunday 10th August 2025
  349 signatures

• Stricter laws for delivery companies: provide location info & access to parcels
  Open from Friday 7th February 2025 to Thursday 7th August 2025
  47 signatures

• Fine food delivery companies that fail to ensure their cyclists use lights
  Open from Thursday 6th February 2025 to Wednesday 6th August 2025
  45 signatures

• Review the rules on complaint escalation to Ombudsmen/ADR in all industries
  Open from Tuesday 4th February 2025 to Monday 4th August 2025
  19 signatures

• Create an ombudsman for online trading
  Open from Tuesday 4th February 2025 to Monday 4th August 2025
  27 signatures

• Require employers to pay college students undertaking work placements
  Open from Tuesday 4th February 2025 to Monday 4th August 2025
  36 signatures

• Regulate the way that Gyms can increase the price in the middle of a contract.
  Open from Friday 31st January 2025 to Thursday 31st July 2025
  35 signatures

• Increase the incentive for employers employing an apprentice to £2,000
  Open from Thursday 30th January 2025 to Wednesday 30th July 2025
  1,305 signatures

• Improve statutory paternity leave in the UK to better support families.
  Open from Thursday 30th January 2025 to Wednesday 30th July 2025
  2,669 signatures

• Stop businesses from making staff use annual leave at Christmas
  Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
  58 signatures

• Review how to protect jobs from being taken by AI technology
  Open from Friday 24th January 2025 to Thursday 24th July 2025
  122 signatures

• Review the Legal Expense Insurance industry
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  18 signatures

• Equal Parental Leave for Fathers: Reform UK statutory Paternity leave Policies
  Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
  219 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement for employees to have neurodiversity training
  Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
  105 signatures

• Recognise Police Special Constables under s50 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
  Open from Friday 17th January 2025 to Thursday 17th July 2025
  1,112 signatures

• Require pubs and food and drink businesses to have dog free areas
  Open from Thursday 16th January 2025 to Wednesday 16th July 2025
  145 signatures

• GPSR: Negotiate with the EU to let UK Businesses to Act as an Authorised Person
  Open from Wednesday 15th January 2025 to Tuesday 15th July 2025
  31 signatures

• Ban sunbed use due to health risks + the large cost to the NHS from skin cancers
  Open from Thursday 9th January 2025 to Wednesday 9th July 2025
  173 signatures

• Legally Require All Job Listings to Show Salaries Upfront
  Open from Thursday 9th January 2025 to Wednesday 9th July 2025
  10,198 signatures

• Regulate veterinary practices to help make them more affordable
  Open from Wednesday 8th January 2025 to Tuesday 8th July 2025
  700 signatures

• To make Shrove Tuesday "Pancake Day" a national holiday in England and Wales
  Open from Thursday 2nd January 2025 to Wednesday 2nd July 2025
  68 signatures

• Increase the statutory paternity leave allowance for fathers of multiple births
  Open from Monday 30th December 2024 to Monday 30th June 2025
  229 signatures

• Seek to secure trade deals with the US and Canada
  Open from Monday 30th December 2024 to Monday 30th June 2025
  54 signatures

• Require parliamentary scrutiny of any proposal to amend the Royal Mail USO
  Open from Monday 23rd December 2024 to Monday 23rd June 2025
  22,921 signatures

• Require all products to show origin of production.
  Open from Monday 23rd December 2024 to Monday 23rd June 2025
  80 signatures

• Require clothes labels to show the retailer the clothes were made for
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  52 signatures

• Create an employment right to take your leave whenever you want
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  35 signatures

• Require coercive control awareness training for some sectors
  Open from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Thursday 19th June 2025
  661 signatures

• Change the drinking age in pubs to 14 and alcohol purchasing age in pubs to 16
  Open from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Thursday 19th June 2025
  89 signatures

• Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 18th December 2024 to Wednesday 18th June 2025
  458 signatures

• UK Government to open talks with EU on rejoining Custom Union and Single Market
  Open from Monday 16th December 2024 to Monday 16th June 2025
  273 signatures

• Put tighter restrictions on the selling of knives.
  Open from Monday 16th December 2024 to Monday 16th June 2025
  95 signatures

• Require companies put political party logo on all products if they fund a party
  Open from Friday 13th December 2024 to Friday 13th June 2025
  83 signatures

• Provide grants of £25,000 for independent tackle shops.
  Open from Tuesday 3rd December 2024 to Tuesday 3rd June 2025
  202 signatures

• Make the registration to the Prompt Payment Code mandatory for all companies
  Open from Tuesday 3rd December 2024 to Tuesday 3rd June 2025
  81 signatures

• Shorten the hours in which fireworks can be set off.
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  130 signatures

• Ban nepotism in the workplace
  Open from Thursday 28th November 2024 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
  66 signatures

• Entitlement to bereavement leave after baby loss in first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
  Open from Wednesday 27th November 2024 to Tuesday 27th May 2025
  187 signatures

• Ban holiday companies raising prices in school holidays.
  Open from Tuesday 26th November 2024 to Monday 26th May 2025
  1,897 signatures

• Conduct a review of routes into work for new graduates.
  Open from Monday 25th November 2024 to Sunday 25th May 2025
  335 signatures

• Ban fireworks
  Open from Thursday 21st November 2024 to Wednesday 21st May 2025
  496 signatures

• Make it illegal to sell, buy and use fireworks other than silent ones
  Open from Tuesday 19th November 2024 to Monday 19th May 2025
  1,024 signatures

• Set dates when fireworks are allowed.
  Open from Monday 18th November 2024 to Sunday 18th May 2025
  340 signatures

• Introduce requirements for firework sellers to inform buyers about laws
  Open from Friday 15th November 2024 to Thursday 15th May 2025
  92 signatures

• Limit the sale and use of Fireworks to licence holders only
  Open from Tuesday 5th November 2024 to Monday 5th May 2025
  87,527 signatures

• Create a free independent body for Intellectual Property (IP) cases
  Open from Monday 20th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  50 signatures

• Introduce a Magna Carta Day public holiday for England on 15 June
  Open from Tuesday 7th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  39 signatures

• Make all forms of 'geo-engineering' affecting the environment illegal
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  11,944 signatures

• Extend the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  864 signatures

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