Question follow-through · 121637
Postal Services: Conditions of Employment and Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance and oversight the Government provides to private postal companies to ensure that agreements with trade unions on pay and conditions are respected; and what steps the Government is taking
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance and oversight the Government provides to private postal companies to ensure that agreements with trade unions on pay and conditions are respected; and what steps the Government is taking
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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20 Mar 2026
Answer published
Pay and terms and conditions of employment, provided they are lawful, are, in general, a matter for private businesses to agree with their workforce and their representatives. The Secretary of State met Dave Ward, General Secretary of the CWU, and Daniel ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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