Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 121637

Postal Services: Conditions of Employment and Pay

Tabled: 17 March 2026
Answered: 20 March 2026

Question

Dr Scott Arthur

LabourEdinburgh South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance and oversight the Government provides to private postal companies to ensure that agreements with trade unions on pay and conditions are respected; and what steps the Government is taking

Answer

Blair McDougall
Pay and terms and conditions of employment, provided they are lawful, are, in general, a matter for private businesses to agree with their workforce and their representatives. The Secretary of State met Dave Ward, General Secretary of the CWU, and Daniel ...

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