Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered legislating to (a) require and (b) strongly encourage delivery company workers to join a union.

This government believes that strong trade unions are essential for tackling insecurity, inequality, discrimination, enforcement, and low pay.

Through the Employment Rights Act 2025, we are introducing a new duty on employers to inform workers of their right to join a union and simplifying the statutory recognition trade union process, so that working people have a more meaningful right to organise through trade unions should they choose to do so. These measures affect all those in an employment relationship, including delivery company workers who meet the worker status criteria.