Question follow-through · 10535
Employment Tribunals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the time limit for access to the Employment Tribunal from three months to six months after an incident of workplace discrimination.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the time limit for access to the Employment Tribunal from three months to six months after an incident of workplace discrimination.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government is committed to increasing employment tribunal time limits from 3-6 months, which is in line with the Law Commission recommendation from 2020. Measures to extend the time limit for bringing claims to Employment Tribunals will be added via a...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Conditions of Employment: Insolvency
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Electric Vehicles: Batteries
3 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure sufficient recycling facilities are available to process end-of-life electric vehicle batteries.
Caravans: Sales
21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing new customer protections for individuals that purchase static caravans, in the context of alleged reporting of mis-selling.
Caravans: Sales
21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to stop the mis-selling of static caravans via the holiday park industry.
Fireworks: Regulation
20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review firework legislation.
Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution
21 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for the Government's environmental policies of Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms.
Business and Investment: Carbon Emissions and Sustainable Development
21 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage (a) large companies and (b) investment funds to adopt sustainable net zero practices.
Post Office
25 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for consulting on the long term future of the Post Office.
Companies: Directors
29 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that company directors align the interests of (a) workers, (b) the environment and (c) wider society with shareholder returns.
Companies: Directors
29 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of amending Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 to ensure company directors’ align the interests of (a) people and (b) planet with prof
New Businesses and Small Businesses
12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) small and (b) start-up businesses.