The Business and Trade Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Business and Trade, and any departmental bodies.
The committee came into existence as the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee on 1 October 2009, replacing the Business and Enterprise Select Committee, which was dissolved on 30 September 2009. The House of Commons agreed to the committee's establishment on 25 June 2009,Hansard – 25 June 2009: Standing Orders etc. (Machinery of Government Changes) following Prime Minister Gordon Brown's replacement of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 5 June 2009. Following the merger of the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in July 2016, the name of the committee was changed to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee in October 2016 to reflect the name of the new department.
Chairs Committee chairs include those listed below.https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/365/business-innovation-science-and-trade-committee/membership/former/https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/9/business-innovation-and-skills-committee/membership/former/https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/7/business-and-enterprise-committee/membership/former/https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/152/trade-industry/membership/former/
NameStartEndPartyConstituencyConservativeLeeds North WestConservativeHastings and RyeLabourSheffield CentralLabourClackmannan (1995–1997)Ochil (1997–2005)ConservativeMid WorcestershireLabour Co-opWest Bromwich WestLabourHartlepoolLabourLeeds WestLabourBristol North WestpresentLabourBirmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
Membership Members are as follows: Member Party Constituency Liam Byrne MP (chair) Labour Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North Dan Aldridge MP Labour Weston-super-Mare Antonia Bance MP Labour Tipton and Wednesbury Chris Bloore MP Labour Redditch John Cooper MP Conservative Dumfries and Galloway Sarah Edwards MP Labour Tamworth Alison Griffiths MP Conservative Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Leigh Ingham MP Labour Stafford Justin Madders MP Labour Ellesmere Port and Bromborough Charlie Maynard MP Lib Dems Witney Joshua Reynolds MPLib DemsMaidenhead
Changes since 2024 Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source 27 October 2025 Gregor Poynton MP (Labour) Livingston → Dan Aldridge MP (Labour) Weston-super-MareHansard Rosie Wrighting MP (Labour) Kettering Justin Madders MP (Labour) Ellesmere Port and Bromborough 13 April 2026 Sonia Kumar MP (Labour) Dudley → Chris Bloore MP (Labour) RedditchHansard Matt Western MP (Labour) Warwick and Leamington Leigh Ingham MP (Labour) Stafford
2019–2024 Parliament The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.
Member Party ConstituencyRachel Reeves MP (chair)LabourLeeds WestAlan Brown MPSNPKilmarnock and LoudounRichard Fuller MPConservativeNorth East BedfordshireNus Ghani MPConservativeWealdenJohn Howell MPConservativeHenleyMark Jenkinson MPConservativeWorkingtonPeter Kyle MPLabourHovePat McFadden MPLabourWolverhampton South EastAnna McMorrin MPLabourCardiff NorthMark Pawsey MPConservativeRugbyAlexander Stafford MPConservativeRother Valley
Changes 2019–2024 Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source9 March 2020 John Howell MP (Conservative) Henley → Paul Howell MP (Conservative) Sedgefield Hansard 7 April 2020 Rachel Reeves MP (chair, Labour) Leeds West →Vacant 6 May 2020Vacant → Darren Jones MP (chair, Labour) Bristol North West Hansard11 May 2020 Peter Kyle MP (Labour) Hove → Judith Cummins MP (Labour) Bradford SouthHansard Pat McFadden MP (Labour) Wolverhampton South East Ruth Jones MP (Labour) Newport West Anna McMorrin MP (Labour) Cardiff North Charlotte Nichols MP (Labour) Warrington North21 September 2020 Ruth Jones MP (Labour) Newport West → Zarah Sultana MP (Labour) Coventry South Hansard 22 February 2021 Zarah Sultana MP (Labour) Coventry South → Sarah Owen MP (Labour) Luton North Hansard5 January 2022 Judith Cummins MP (Labour) Bradford South → Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) GowerHansard Sarah Owen MP (Labour) Luton North Andy McDonald MP (Labour) Middlesbrough 25 October 2022 Richard Fuller MP (Conservative) North East Bedfordshire→ Bim Afolami MP (Conservative) Hitchin and HarpendenHansard Nusrat Ghani MP (Conservative) Wealden Jonathan Djanogly MP (Conservative) Huntingdon Paul Howell MP (Conservative) Sedgefield Ruth Edwards MP (Conservative) Rushcliffe Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative) Workington Robert Largan MP (Conservative) High Peak1 November 2022 Jonathan Djanogly MP (Conservative) Huntingdon → VacantHansard Robert Largan MP (Conservative) High Peak 8 November 2022 Vacant → Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative) Workington Hansard 21 November 2022 Vacant → Jane Hunt MP (Conservative) Loughborough Hansard 29 November 2022 Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) Gower → Ian Lavery MP (Labour) Wansbeck Hansard12 June 2023 Ruth Edwards MP (Conservative) Rushcliffe→ Jonathan Gullis MP (Conservative) Stoke-on-Trent North Hansard Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative) Workington Antony Higginbotham MP (Conservative) Burnley Alexander Stafford MP (Conservative) Rother Valley Anthony Mangnall MP (Conservative) Totnes 4 September 2023 Darren Jones MP (chair, Labour) Bristol North West → Vacant Hansard 12 September 2023 Alan Brown MP (SNP) Kilmarnock and Loudoun → Douglas Chapman MP (SNP) Dunfermline and West Fife Hansard 18 October 2023 Vacant → Liam Byrne MP (chair, Labour) Birmingham Hodge Hill Hansard11 December 2023 Bim Afolami MP (Conservative) Hitchin and Harpenden → Julie Marson MP (Conservative) Hertford and Stortford Hansard
2017–2019 The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.
Member Party ConstituencyRachel Reeves MP (chair)LabourLeeds WestDrew Hendry MPSNPInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyStephen Kerr MPConservativeStirlingPeter Kyle MPLabourHoveIan Liddell-Grainger MPConservativeBridgwater and West SomersetRachel Maclean MPConservativeRedditchAlbert Owen MPLabourYnys MônMark Pawsey MPConservativeRugbyAntoinette Sandbach MPConservativeEddisburyAnna Turley MPLabour and Co-opRedcar
Changes 2017–2019 Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source 16 October 2017New seat → Vernon Coaker MP (Labour) Gedling Hansard 18 June 2018 Rachel Maclean MP (Conservative) Redditch → Patrick McLoughlin MP (Conservative) Derbyshire Dales Hansard
Previous changes Occasionally, the House of Commons ordered changes to be made in terms of membership of the select committee, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.
Date Outgoing memberand party Constituency → New memberand party Constituency Source 2 November 2010 Nicky Morgan MP (Conservative) Loughborough → Simon Kirby MP (Conservative) Brighton Kemptown Hansard Luciana Berger MP (Labour) Liverpool Wavertree → Paul Blomfield MP (Labour) Sheffield Central Jack Dromey MP (Labour) Birmingham Erdington Katy Clark MP (Labour) North Ayrshire and Arran Chi Onwurah MP (Labour) Newcastle upon Tyne Central Gregg McClymont MP (Labour) Cumbernauld, Kilsyth andKirkintilloch East Rachel Reeves MP (Labour) Leeds West Ian Murray MP (Labour) Edinburgh South 21 March 2011 Gregg McClymont MP (Labour) Cumbernauld, Kilsyth andKirkintilloch East → Dan Jarvis MP (Labour) Barnsley Central Hansard 24 October 2011 Dan Jarvis MP (Labour) Barnsley Central → Julie Elliott MP (Labour) Sunderland Central Hansard Ian Murray MP (Labour) Edinburgh South Ann McKechin MP (Labour) Glasgow North 16 July 2012 David Ward MP (Liberal Democrat) Bradford East → Mike Crockart MP (Liberal Democrat) Edinburgh West Hansard 5 November 2012 Margot James MP (Conservative) Stourbridge → Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative) Gosport Hansard Simon Kirby MP (Conservative) Brighton Kemptown Robin Walker MP (Conservative) Worcester
Notable reports In July 2022, the committee published its report "Energy pricing and the future of the energy market" which examined the turmoil in retail energy arising from unusually high wholesale gas prices, leading to the collapse of several suppliers and the need for government support of Bulb Energy. The committee found that the industry regulator Ofgem had been incompetent in its supervision of the finances of supplier companies, and that the government overlooked this lack of supervision because it prioritised competition over market regulation. The report also criticised Ofgem's design of the energy price cap, recommending that the government consider introducing a social tariff; stated that the government's May 2022 support package for customers was no longer sufficient; and criticised the absence of a home insulation programme.
In response, Ofgem accepted that its previous financial resilience regime was not sufficiently robust, and had contributed to some of the supplier failures since August 2021.
References
External links Records for the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (2009–2016) are held at the Parliamentary Archives