Question follow-through · 900190

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to bring forward the Employment Rights Bill.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
27 Aug 2024
Target answer date
5 Sept 2024
Answer
5 Sept 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to bring forward the Employment Rights Bill.

  2. 5 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    We are committed to delivering the Plan to Make Work Pay in full. Ministers are identifying the most appropriate delivery mechanisms for the commitments in the Plan, including an Employment Rights Bill. The Bill will be introduced to Parliament within 100...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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