Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether employers within freeports will be required to recognise trades unions for collective bargaining purposes.
I can confirm that the same rules and regulations regarding trade unions which apply across the UK will apply within Freeports.
Our Freeport model ensures that the UK’s high standards with respect to security, safety, workers’ rights, data protection, biosecurity and the environment will not be compromised.
There is no deregulatory agenda in Freeports. Businesses in Freeports – like any other business in the UK – will have to adhere to the UK’s high regulatory standards.