Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 March (HL15443), what steps the Export Credits Guarantee Department has taken in the last year to meet its legal duty to keep under review the question of when uncommenced legislation that falls within its area of responsibility should be brought into force.

The Export Credits Guarantee Department, operating under the name UK Export Finance, keeps the commencement and implementation of legislation within its area of responsibility under review alongside operational readiness and delivery of wider priorities. The only uncommenced legislation for which it is responsible is the Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Act 2026 which received Royal Assent on 18 March 2026 and will come into force on 19 May 2026, pursuant to Section 3(2).