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Commons · Question 72068 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 4 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Maya Ellis

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen protections for whistle-blowers.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 4 Sep 2025

A worker who ‘blows the whistle’ (known as making a ‘protected disclosure’) on certain types of wrongdoing is entitled to protections under the Employment Rights Act 1996 from detriment or dismissal as a result of blowing the whistle, and a route to redre...