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Employment Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with (a) how many and (b) which businesses he has met to discuss the Employment Rights Bill before its First Reading.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 28 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 30 Oct 2024
Answer: 31 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

28 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with (a) how many and (b) which businesses he has met to discuss the Employment Rights Bill before its First Reading.
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Oct 2024
Answer published
Since July, the Department for Business and Trade has undertaken an extensive programme of engagement around the Employment Rights Bill and broader Plan to Make Work Pay. Such engagement has been underpinned by a strong commitment to working in partnershi...

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