Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 54005

Trade Union Recognition

Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 3 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48551 on Trade Union Recognition, what criteria he will use to assess whether to lower the recognition threshold.

Answer

Justin Madders
The Government will consider what criteria to assess whether to lower the recognition threshold in due course, including through the public consultation process.