Question follow-through · 4661
Strike Ballots
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the Trade Union Act 2016 requirement for industrial action ballot thresholds on trends in the level of industrial action.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Economy and business
- Employment · 10 Sept 2024
- Department for Business and Trade: Civil Servants · 4 Oct 2024
- Department for Business and Trade: Public Appointments · 4 Oct 2024
- Foreign Investment in UK: China · 9 Oct 2024
- Political Levy · 28 Oct 2024
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the Trade Union Act 2016 requirement for industrial action ballot thresholds on trends in the level of industrial action.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government is committed to repealing the Trade Union Act 2016. Further information on implementing this will be outlined in due course.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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