Select Committee · Business and Trade Committee
Financing the real economy
Status: Open
Opened: 4 Aug 2025
The Government has made economic growth its “number one mission”, aiming to secure the highest sustained growth in the G7. Yet the UK has consistently lagged behind its peers and in 2025, the IMF projected UK growth at just 1.2%—below most major competitors. Low investment is at the core of this challenge. The UK has …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 2025 | Blair McDougall MP · Department for Business and Trade, Debbie Wosskow OBE · Invest in Women, Debra McDonald · Iron & Velvet, Jordan Dargue · Lifted Ventures, Oliver Coppard · South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Paula Crofts · Department for Business and Trade, Paul Bristow · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, Sean Jones · HM Treasury, The Lord Stockwood · Department for Business and Trade | View ↗ |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Andy Gray · NatWest, Anna Shiel · Better Society Capital, Barry Kenneth · Pension Protection Fund, Ben Barbanel · OakNorth Bank, Lisa Jacobs · Funding Circle, Liz Fernando · Nest Corporation, Louis Taylor · British Business Bank, Mila Lukic · Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, Richard Davies · Allica Bank, Sandra Boss · BlackRock, Tim Creed · Schroders | View ↗ |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Anita Breslin · Tokamak Energy, David Ward · GB Group Plc, Dr Stephen Streater · Blackbird Plc, Greg Reed · Places for People, James Ashton · Quoted Companies Alliance, Jenny Hadlow · Checkout.com, Markus Bauman · CMR Surgical, Mo Jamei · Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Mr Fhaheen Khan · Make UK, Rob Salter-Church · National Grid, Rosalind Gill · National Centre for Universities and Business | View ↗ |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Professor Jagjit Chadha · University of Cambridge, Professor Jonathan Haskel · Imperial College Business School, Professor Tera Allas · The Productivity Institute, The Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, Will Hutton · The Purposeful Company | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2026 | To cttee | Letter from Ministers for Investment and for Small Business and Economic Transf… |
| 13 Jan 2026 | To cttee | Letter from the Governor of the Bank of England relating to the capital require… |
| 6 Jan 2026 | From cttee | Letter to the Minsters for Investment and for Small Business and Economic Trans… |
| 6 Jan 2026 | To cttee | Letter from the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association relating… |