Question follow-through · 3122

Small Businesses: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consideration his Department made of the evidence submitted to the consultation regarding the setting of the threshold for trade union access to SMEs.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
19 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
28 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consideration his Department made of the evidence submitted to the consultation regarding the setting of the threshold for trade union access to SMEs.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 May 2026

    Answer published

    The Department for Business and Trade carefully considered the evidence submitted through the public consultation on the operational details of the trade union right of access framework, including views on a proposed exemption from statutory access provis...

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