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Train Operating Companies: Trade Unions

Asked by Andy McDonaldLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 13 March 2026UIN 117727

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has directed DFT Operator of Last Resort to adopt a standard process for recognition of trade unions and provision of trade union facility time at the end of each train operating company franchise a

Answered by Keir Mather

Recognition of trade unions and provision of facility time is a matter for train operating companies as employers.

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