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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Conditions of Employment

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 10 February 2025UIN 25859

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18221 on Supreme Court: Judgments, whether he plans to change his Department's workforce policies.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

While legal proceedings remain ongoing, and there will be a need to assess the position on an ongoing basis, there is currently no intention to change the Defra policy on the provision of the check-off facility.

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