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Companies Investigation Branch

Headed by the Inspector of Companies, CIB exercises on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform the statutory powers of enquiry under the Companies Act 1985 and other legislation.

News Corporation takeover bid for BSkyB

On 4 November 2010 Business Secretary Vince Cable referred the takeover bid to Ofcom to consider issues of media plurality.

UK Youth Parliament

Speakers included Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable; John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons and the UK Youth Parliament and Pamela Warhurst Incredible Edible


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Graeme Morrice

Since being elected to the House of Commons he had been the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, John Denham from 2010 to 2011.