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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...