Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 114642

Small Businesses: Trade Unions

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Jack Rankin

ConservativeWindsor

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Adam Smith Institute's report entitled Knock, Knock: The Effects of the New Union Access Regime on SMEs, published on 6 February 2026, what assessment he has made of the implicati

Answer

Kate Dearden
My officials have considered the Adam Smith Institute’s report, alongside other relevant evidence, as part of the policy development process. Our consultation, Make Work Pay: trade union right of access, proposed an exemption for employers with fewer than...

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