Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 20 of the King’s Speech Background Briefing Notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, whether the trade unions' new rights will apply to unions representing Downing Street (a) staff and (b) outsourced contractors.

The Government believes strong collective bargaining rights and institutions are key to tackling problems of insecurity, inequality, discrimination, enforcement and low pay. We are committed to strengthening the rights of working people by empowering workers to organise collectively through trade unions.

We will do this by updating trade union legislation, so it is fit for a modern economy, removing unnecessary restrictions on trade union activity and ensuring industrial relations are based around good faith negotiation and bargaining. This legislation will apply to all trade unions.