Found: Michael Shanks, Minister of State Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Correspondence from Jonathan Reynolds

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade in response to the hon. Member for Christchurch on 17 June 2026, Official Report, column 841, what progress he has made on responding to that correspondence.

Answered by Chris McDonald - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

This particular letter was sent to the inbox of ex-Secretary of State, Jonathan Reynolds on 10 June 2026, which is why was not seen by officials until 13 July 2026. The Department will respond to the usual timeline. The measure was announced through a Written Ministerial Statement and Oral Statement to both Houses and has since been discussed through Oral Questions and an Urgent Question. Ministers and officials also hosted a dedicated two-hour MP drop-in session to hear directly from Members and discuss concerns raised by their constituents and local businesses.

Found: Matthew Hexter 2 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – The Rt Jonathan Reynolds

Found: Matthew Hexter 2 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) – The Rt Jonathan Reynolds

Found: Current Ministers Sir Keir Starmer Prime Minister (from 05/07/2024)48 75–80 55–60 (75–80) Jonathan Reynolds

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Found: Business Brokers Limited Llanarmon-yn-ial, Mold CH7 4QX Other Committed Wales and the Marches Jonathan Reynolds

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Found: Strategy, DBT) and Peter Mandelson 164 248 248 - 05-2025 - Meeting between Peter Mandelson, Jonathan Reynolds

Found: Foreword Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds

Found: Ministers’ Interests - July 2026 GOVERNMENT WHIPS - HOUSE OF COMMONS The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds

Found: Foreword Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds