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Industrial Disputes

Asked by David SimmondsConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 22 January 2025UIN 23908

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of repealing the Trade Union Act 2016 on the use of leverage campaigns in industrial disputes.

Answered by Justin Madders

The Government published an impact assessment on 21 October 2024, setting out its assessment of the expected impacts of the repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 via the Employment Rights Bill.

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