Written questions

Collective Bargaining: Industrial Disputes

Commons · Question 694 · Tabled 18 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 26 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Gareth Bacon

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether it is his policy that trade unions should be able to initiate industrial action across all employers in a sector subject to collective bargaining.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 26 Jul 2024

The Government is committed to bringing in a new era of partnership that sees employers, unions and Government work together in co-operation and through negotiation - putting an end to the worst strikes chaos seen in decades under the previous administrat...