Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 105477

Trade Unions: Small Businesses

Tabled: 13 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026

Question

Jack Rankin

ConservativeWindsor

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Make Work Pay: Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces, published on 23 October 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of

Answer

Kate Dearden
The government will introduce the new trade union right of access in a regulated and responsible manner, ensuring it is workable for employers who receive requests for access. Our published impact assessment titled "Strengthening workers’ rights to t...

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