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Picketing

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 23 June 2025UIN 59792

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 530393 on Picketing, whether the 6 person limit on picketing will be (a) retained or (b) removed when the Code of Practice on Picketing is revised.

Answered by Justin Madders

There is no statutory limit on the number of people attending a picket. The Code of Practice on Picketing, which is issued by the Secretary of State under section 203 Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, recommends a 6 person limit.

At this time, we do not plan to change the 6 person recommendation in the Code of Practice.

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