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Industrial Development Advisory Board

Department for Business and Trade written question – answered at on 9 March 2026.

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Photo of Andrew Griffith Andrew Griffith Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how regularly the Industrial Development Advisory Board (IDAB) meets.

Photo of Chris McDonald Chris McDonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero), Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The Board meets monthly to review cases that are presented to them, if there are no such cases the meetings are cancelled, as was the case in February 2026. Additional meetings beyond the monthly meetings are scheduled where necessary to review exceptionally urgent cases.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 9 March 2026, cW)

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