Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 69450

Employment: Women's Rights

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Factsheet: The Fair Work Agency, whether the agency will be specifically mandated to uphold the rights of young women in the workplace.

Answer

Justin Madders
Women and young people are less likely to get the employment rights they are entitled to than the general population. The creation of the Fair Work Agency will deliver a generational upgrade to enforcement of workers’ rights, and young women particularly ...

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