Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the ability for workers to go on strike under proposals to raise ballot thresholds from 40 per cent to 50 per cent of employees.

Any change to ballot thresholds would require primary legislation. There will therefore be ample opportunities for Members of Parliament to scrutinise any proposals the Government brings forward in this area.