Question follow-through · 4739
Conditions of Employment: Chronic Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take through new employment rights legislation to help tackle challenges for people with (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) other fluctuating conditions in the workplace.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take through new employment rights legislation to help tackle challenges for people with (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) other fluctuating conditions in the workplace.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government has been clear that it will consult extensively with a wide range of stakeholders when developing new employment rights legislation. That will include those representing people with multiple sclerosis. The Government has set out its immedia...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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