Written questions

Conditions of Employment: Cancer

Commons · Question 20862 · Tabled 17 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 24 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to provide employment protections for (a) young cancer patients and (b) their families.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 24 Dec 2024

It is important that people with cancer are supported to return to, or remain in work, if that is what they choose to do. Workers with cancer and their carers are protected from employment discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. Their family members o...