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Written Question
Local Government: Industrial Disputes
Tuesday 24th June 2025

Asked by: Lord Jamieson (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely consequences of the Employment Rights Bill and the associated repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 for the frequency of industrial action in local government.

Answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

In October 2024 the government published impact assessments on the trade union-related measures within the Employment Rights Bill and these are available here: Employment Rights Bill: impact assessments - GOV.UK

The impact assessments covering the Bill’s repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 and the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 included an assessment of the expected impact on industrial action.