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Commons · Question 86384 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of whistleblower protections.
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 7 Nov 2025
The Government recognises that the whistleblowing framework in the Employment Rights Act 1996 may not be operating as effectively as intended. My Department in July published an independent review into the framework, which did not make formal recommendati...