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Employment: Women's Rights

Commons · Question 69450 · 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, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Factsheet: The Fair Work Agency, whether the agency will be specifically mandated to uphold the rights of young women in the workplace.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 3 Sep 2025

Women and young people are less likely to get the employment rights they are entitled to than the general population. The creation of the Fair Work Agency will deliver a generational upgrade to enforcement of workers’ rights, and young women particularly ...