Question follow-through · 86107
Bereavement Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage bereavement leave uptake among (a) shift workers and (b) carers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Economy and business
- Employment: Graduates · 3 Dec 2025
- Conditions of Employment · 11 Dec 2025
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- Parental Leave: Reviews · 6 Mar 2026
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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
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage bereavement leave uptake among (a) shift workers and (b) carers.
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Employment Rights Bill will introduce a new right to Bereavement Leave for those grieving the loss of a loved one or a pregnancy. A consultation was launched on 23rd October, and was widely shared. We will invite a range of groups, including business,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Bereavement Leave
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making statutory bereavement leave paid.
Parental Leave: Reviews
6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish milestones for the Parental Leave Review.