Written questions

Conditions of Employment: Enforcement

Commons · Question 69448 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 3 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the role of a Fair Work Commissioner to ensure the independent enforcement of workers' rights.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 3 Sep 2025

Fair Work Agency officers will be operationally independent. Additionally, the Employment Right Bill provides for effective oversight of the Fair Work Agency through the three-year enforcement strategies and annual reports, which must be laid before Parli...