Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 905687

Employment: Vetting

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Chris Bloore

LabourRedditch

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

Kate Dearden
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...

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