Question follow-through · 86220
Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37801 on Conditions of Employment, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of allowing local authority employers that adopt a four day we
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 7 Nov 2025 · 9 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
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37801 on Conditions of Employment, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of allowing local authority employers that adopt a four day we
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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7 Nov 2025
Answer published
The government believes in the importance of a good work life balance, which is why we are improving access to flexible working through the Employment Rights Bill.If employees have different working patterns, it is important to agree an approach that work...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Energy Intensive Industries Exemption Scheme
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Personal Care Services: Fraud
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Night Time Industries Association
12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64084 on Night Time Industries Association, if he will publish (a) the letter from the Association and (b) his Department's response.
Members: Correspondence
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the Rt hon. Member for Braintree of 13 August 2025.
Local Government: Industrial Disputes
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 on (a) the instances and duration of industrial action in local authorities and (b) disorder on municipal
Licensing Laws
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Social Services: Finance
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