Question follow-through · 107047
Picketing: Codes of Practice
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2025, to Question HL11348, on Industrial Disputes: Trade Unions, whether the Government will take steps to revise the Code of Practice on picketing to ban leverage
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 6 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
20 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2025, to Question HL11348, on Industrial Disputes: Trade Unions, whether the Government will take steps to revise the Code of Practice on picketing to ban leverage
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jan 2026
Answer published
The government has laid a revised Code of Practice on Picketing before Parliament, that reflects legislative updates made by the Employment Rights Act 2025. We also intend to consult publicly on wider updates to the Code of Practice on Picketing in due co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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