Question follow-through · 122772
Warehouses: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent warehouse and fulfilment jobs listed as not requiring English from being offered.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent warehouse and fulfilment jobs listed as not requiring English from being offered.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2026
Answer published
The government does not collect data on the English language proficiency of private sector employees, which includes warehouse workers.Employers can choose how they recruit for their organisation, but they must follow a fair process.Health and safety law ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Vending Machines
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Coffee and Vending Machines
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department made of the number of non-compliant (a) vending and (b) professional coffee machines entering the United Kingdom.
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29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support independent gyms and leisure facilities.
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