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Grievance Procedures

Asked by Mr Angus MacDonaldLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 72236

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service on improving guidance on safeguarding complainants during internal grievance processes.

Answered by Justin Madders

The Department has been engaging with Acas on developing their guidance in the context of both Make Work Pay and wider public policy developments. This has included recent discussions around developing Acas’ guidance on internal disciplinary and grievance (D&G) procedures.

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