Question follow-through · 69449

Fair Work Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will include further consultation on the scope of the Fair Work Agency in the roadmap for delivering the Employment Rights Bill.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
3 Sept 2025 · 44 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will include further consultation on the scope of the Fair Work Agency in the roadmap for delivering the Employment Rights Bill.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Women and young people are less likely to get the employment rights they are entitled to than the general population. The creation of the Fair Work Agency will deliver a generational upgrade to enforcement of workers’ rights, and young women particularly ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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