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Employment: Vetting

Commons · Question 905687 · Tabled 10 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Bloore

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the powers of employment tribunals to seize and destroy lists of blacklisted workers.

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 16 Sep 2025

As part of the Plan to Make Work Pay, the Department for Business and Trade intends to publish a consultation on blacklisting protections in due course. The consultation will cover, amongst other things, the powers of employment tribunals in regard to lis...