Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his policy on the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill on the UK's obligations under (a) ILO Convention 87 and (b) the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement.

The Department made a detailed assessment of the potential impact of the Bill on the UK’s obligations under the ILO Convention 87 and the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement during the policy development stage.

The ILO has previously accepted that minimum service levels are in principle consistent with the right to strike, and many EU nations (such as Spain and Italy) have minimum service provisions as part of their domestic legislation.