Question follow-through · 27208
Employment Rights Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he sought external legal advice when drafting the Employment Rights Bill.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 7 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he sought external legal advice when drafting the Employment Rights Bill.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Feb 2025
Answer published
With respect to the Employment Rights Bill, the Department has been supported by legal advice from the Government Legal Department and, where appropriate, external legal advice. Legal advice provided to the Government is privileged.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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