Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase business confidence and encourage firms to increase their (1) expansion, (2) investment and (3) recruitment.

Growth is the number one mission of the government. To encourage expansions, investment and recruitment, we are beginning to tackle barriers to investment, like skills, international talent, data, R&D, technology adoption, access to finance, competition, regulation, energy prices, grid connections, infrastructure, and planning – through a new Industrial Strategy that will support growth sectors to create more high-quality, well-paid jobs across the country, backed by employment rights fit for a modern economy.