Question follow-through · 66663
Government Departments: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to require companies with Government contracts to recognise trade unions.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 11 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
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to require companies with Government contracts to recognise trade unions.
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to creating jobs that provide security, treat workers fairly, and pay a decent wage. The Government’s Social Value Model provides an opportunity to reward suppliers who provide good working conditions for staff working on publ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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