Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 101777

Strikes: Ballots

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, further to his Department's consultation entitled Make Work Pay: Consultation - Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Balloting for Statutory Union Ballots, published on 19 November 2025,

Answer

Kate Dearden
The environmental impact of e-balloting, and anticipated reduction in postal balloting is estimated to have a net positive environmental effect. It is expected that e-balloting will reduce the physical printing and transport requirements of the existing p...

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