Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 88694

Employment Rights Bill: Trade Unions

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of the requirement in the Employment Rights Bill to give facility time to trade union equality representatives to (a) public and (b) private sector emplo

Answer

Kate Dearden

The Employment Rights Bill creates a new statutory right for equality representatives to take reasonable paid time off to fulfil their duties. These representatives play a key role in raising awareness and promoting equal rights, including arranging train...

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