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Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 101776

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, further to his Department's consultation entitled Make Work Pay: Consultation - Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Balloting for Statutory Union Ballots, published on 19 November 2025,

Answered by Kate Dearden

The Government committed to enable unions to use modern and secure electronic and workplace balloting for statutory ballots, bringing union participation in line with modern voting practices that political parties and listed companies already use.

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