Question follow-through · 17998
Employment Rights Bill: Shipbuilding and Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the (a) maritime and (b) shipbuilding sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the (a) maritime and (b) shipbuilding sector.
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Dec 2024
Answer published
On Monday 21 October, the Government published a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill. This is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessmentsThe majority of employees will benef...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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