Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75033

NHS: Employment Rights Bill

Tabled: 4 September 2025

Answered: 1 October 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on industrial action in the NHS.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government is committed to reforming trade union legislation, to bring it into the 21st century. We want to create an industrial relations framework fit for a modern economy and workplaces that work for everyone.The Department of Business and Trade ha...

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