Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 2 July 2026Answered: 9 July 2026

Asked by

Tom Rutland

LabourEast Worthing and Shoreham

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

Martin McCluskey (Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West) (Lab)

My hon. Friend will know that the House recently gave the Employment Rights Bill its Second Reading. Shamefully, the Conservative party opposes the Bill, which is the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation. The Government are taking a joined-up and collaborative approach to the delivery of the plan to make work pay, which has been developed with businesses and trade unions. We are committed to continuing that approach through consultation on the plan’s implementation, to ensure that the changes we are making work well for both employees and businesses.