Question follow-through · 19949
Warships: Wrecks
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the protections afforded to whistleblowers who disclose information in the public interest relating to potential interference with, disturbance of, or artefact recovery from First and Second
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the protections afforded to whistleblowers who disclose information in the public interest relating to potential interference with, disturbance of, or artefact recovery from First and Second
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Whistleblowers who make a protected disclosure are protected under the provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996.The Department for Business, Science, Innovation and Trade plans to consult on whistleblowing in due course.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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