Question follow-through · 78052
Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the provisions in the Employment Rights Bill on backlogs in the employment tribunals.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the provisions in the Employment Rights Bill on backlogs in the employment tribunals.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Employment Rights Bill is part of the Government’s commitment to Make Work Pay. The Bill includes measures that strengthens the rights of workers, which we expect will increase demand in the Employment Tribunal.To address rising demand in the Employme...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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