Royal Mail: Communication Workers Union

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Answering body

Department for Business and Trade

Tabled

18 Mar 2026

Target answer date

23 Mar 2026

Answer

24 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 18 Mar 2026

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to help ensure the new owners of Royal Mail honour agreements made with the Communication Workers Union and his Department.

2. 23 Mar 2026

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 24 Mar 2026

   Answer published

   The Secretary of State met Dave Ward, General Secretary of the CWU, and Daniel Křetínský, the owner of EP Group, on 16 February and again on 19 March 2026, to understand the progress on continued discussions on the CWU Agreement. The undertakings agreed b...

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.