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Fair Work Agency: Public Appointments

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 20 January 2025UIN 23484

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to include appointments to the Fair Work Agency in the Public Bodies Order in Council; and whether the chair appointment will be classified as a significant appointment.

Answered by Justin Madders

The Employment Rights Bill is the first stage of Fair Work Agency implementation, and we will publish further details around the establishment of the FWA in due course.

We will make the FWA Chair appointment in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments, as regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

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