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Employment Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many consultations his Department plans to hold on the Employment Rights Bill prior to its implementation.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
1 Dec 2025
Answer
1 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many consultations his Department plans to hold on the Employment Rights Bill prior to its implementation.

  2. 1 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Twenty-six consultations are currently planned to deliver the Employment Rights Bill and commitments made in the Implementing the Employment Rights Bill publication, across relevant Government departments. Five have already concluded and six are currently...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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