Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consultation the Government has undertaken with (a) devolved administrations, (b) local authorities and (c) other public bodies on proposals to alter the arrangements for deduction of employee trade union dues from salaries by those employers.

The Government has announced its intention to prohibit check off in the public sector. This policy has developed in the normal way. This will be by an amendment to the Trade Union Bill.