Question follow-through · 29194

Employment Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on recent trends in economic growth.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
10 Feb 2025
Answer
12 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on recent trends in economic growth.

  2. 10 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    My department has published a set of Impact Assessments that provide a comprehensive analysis on the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill. This analysis includes consideration of impacts on economic growth. This analysis is available at: https:/...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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