Question follow-through · 20045
Conditions of Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a standalone employment right to disability-related leave.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 13 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 5 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
13 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a standalone employment right to disability-related leave.
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government is invested in protecting and enhancing the rights of vulnerable groups in the workplace. The Equality Act 2010 requires employers to accommodate the needs of disabled em-ployees through reasonable adjustments. This is likely to include pro...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Iron and Steel: Imports
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