Question follow-through · 25490
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unfair Dismissal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2025 · 34 calendar days after tabling
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- Flood Control: Bognor Regis and Littlehampton · 9 Mar 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
All dismissals are handled in line with current legislation and appropriate Codes of Practice. Where an employee feels they may have been unfairly dismissed, appropriate internal appeal routes may be instigated. Where an employee is unable to solve a prob...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
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Marine Environment: Pollution Control
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Inland Waterways: West Sussex
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Inland Waterways: West Sussex
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Flood Control: Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency has made of the condition and remaining operational lifespan of pumping, outfall, and other flood risk management assets for which it is responsi
Coastal Areas: Planning Permission
9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Environment Agency provides to local planning authorities on assessing the cumulative impact of development on surface water flood risk and drainage capacity in low-l
Inland Waterways: Private Sector
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Water: West Sussex
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current frequency of bathing water testing at designated bathing sites in West Sussex.
Water: Standards
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered introducing year-round bathing water quality monitoring at designated bathing waters.
Water: Standards
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current four-year rolling bathing water classification model.
Water: Standards
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to review how bathing water quality information and sewage discharge data are communicated to the public in real time.
Water: West Sussex
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Southern Water on improving bathing water quality at coastal sites in West Sussex.