Question follow-through · 13094
Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will expand the list of prescribed people for whistleblowing to include (a) job applicants, (b) trustees, (c) independent contractors and (d) trade union representatives.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 6 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 14 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will expand the list of prescribed people for whistleblowing to include (a) job applicants, (b) trustees, (c) independent contractors and (d) trade union representatives.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2024
Answer published
The whistleblowing framework enables workers to seek redress if they are dismissed or suffer detriment because they have made a ‘protected disclosure’. The standard employment law definition of worker has been extended to provide whistleblowing protection...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Company Accounts: Fines
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Disclosure of Information: Law
13 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to update whistleblowing laws.
New Businesses: Finance
27 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the ability of newly formed companies to access finance.
Origin Marking: Occupied Territories
8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of goods labelled as originating from within Israel’s pre-1967 borders which actually originate from Israeli settlements.
NHS: Postal Services
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assurances his Department can provide that NHS letters will continue to be prioritised for delivery by the Royal Mail over Christmas period.
Disclosure of Information
9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to start its review of whistleblowing policy.
Disclosure of Information
9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the estimated timeframe is of his Department's review of whistleblowing policy.