Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has received recent representations from trade unions on the six person limit on pickets; and whether he has considered amending this limit.

The Department has not received recent representations from trade unions on the six person limit on pickets. The six person limit is a recommendation contained in a Code of Practice on Picketing; any consequential changes to the Code will be considered following Royal Assent of the Employment Rights Bill.