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1714580

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's Response to the Government consultation on measures to reform post-termination non-compete clauses in contracts of employment, published on 12 May 2023, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory limit of three months on the length of such clauses.
tabling member constituency	Spelthorne
tabling member printed	Kwasi Kwarteng
uin	24044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Introducing the statutory limit on the length of non-compete clauses of 3 months will require primary legislation. The Government will introduce this legislation when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/05/2024 14:45:04 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng

1662942

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to bring forward legislation to limit the length of post-termination non-compete clauses in (i) contracts of employment and (ii) limb (b) worker contracts to three months.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	200796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>On 10 May the Government announced that it will be introducing a statutory limit on the length of non-compete clauses of 3 months. This formed part of a wider policy paper, ‘Smarter regulation to grow the economy’, which focused on how we can improve regulation across the board to reduce burdens, push down the cost of living and drive economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>Introducing the statutory limit on the length of non-compete clauses of 3 months will require primary legislation and the Government will introduce this legislation when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/10/2023 16:44:56 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1641313

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when her Department plans to publish a response to its consultation entitled Good Work Plan: Proposals to support families, published on 19 July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	187144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>In 2019, the Government consulted on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay. The Government is currently considering responses to the consultation and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/06/2023 12:47:02 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1639620

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to introduce legislative proposals on extending employment rights in this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	186423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2023 answer text <p>Protecting and enhancing workers’ rights whilst supporting business to grow remains a priority for this government.</p><p>The 2019 manifesto pledged changes to enhance workers' rights and support people to stay in work. The Government is supporting six Private Members Bills, which will deliver on these commitments – helping new parents, unpaid carers, and hospitality workers, giving all employees easier access to flexible working, and giving workers’ a right to request a more predictable working pattern.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/06/2023 11:21:39 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1609981

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with which trade unions her Department has had discussions on legislative proposals relating to employment since she became Secretary of State.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	180114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is supporting six Private Members Bills to increase workforce participation, protect vulnerable workers, and level the playing field, ensuring unscrupulous businesses do not have a competitive advantage. Relevant trade unions were consulted prior to and throughout the development of these reforms.</p><p>The Government regularly discusses legislative proposals with the trade unions and has recently engaged with unions on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which is currently progressing through the House of Lords.</p><p>I recently met with Trades Union Congress, and the Secretary of State is also scheduled to meet with the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress in April to discuss shared interests.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 24/04/2023 16:15:58 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1599388

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if the Government will set a target for collective bargaining coverage of above 90 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	153975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>In the UK, collective bargaining is largely a matter for individual employers, their employees and their trade unions. Most collective bargaining in the UK takes place because employers have voluntarily agreed to recognise a trade union and bargain with it.</p><p>Where an employer refuses to recognise a union voluntarily, the union can apply to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) for statutory union recognition. This will be granted so long as the union can demonstrate majority support in the workplace.</p><p>The Government believes this democratic approach is more appropriate than setting a target for collective bargaining coverage.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/03/2023 14:20:10 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1599390

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, what steps she has taken to seek collective agreements with trade unions on minimum service levels.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	153977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>It is not for the Government to negotiate directly with unions on collective bargaining agreements. Those negotiations are for the parties involved, the unions and the direct employers. A number of employers in the public sector have successfully negotiated voluntary minimum service levels with unions, but that has not always been the case. That is why the Government is bringing in the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill to ensure that a minimum level of service is provided in the important public services specified in the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/03/2023 14:02:33 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1568274

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral contribution of 16 January 2023, Official Report column 55, whether he has had discussions with the International Labour Organisation on introducing minimum service levels in workplaces.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	126853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not had any meetings or correspondence with the ILO about this specific legislation. However, the ILO has been clear over many years that minimum service levels can be appropriate in public services of fundamental public importance. Accordingly many countries in Europe and around the world who are signatories to the ILO have had these in place for many years.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 126854 question first answered 24/01/2023 12:43:28 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1563062

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will review the impact of UK firms on working conditions in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	113201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO does not have plans to conduct a review of the impact of UK firms on working conditions in other countries.</p><p>The UK Government is a strong advocate for promoting and implementing established international principles and frameworks - such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (through the UK's National Action Plan) and the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises - which encourage businesses to protect and improve human rights and the environment across their operations and supply relationships. The UK is committed to the eradication of all forms of modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking (Sustainable Development Goal 8.7) by 2030.</p><p>The FCDO's Supply Partner Code of Conduct provides a mechanism to ensure that organisations delivering services or goods for the government provide both value for money and behave ethically. This is embedded proportionately within all FCDO contracts, holding suppliers responsible and accountable for ethical behaviour, safeguarding, social responsibility and human rights. Membership of the UN Global Compact on Business and Human Rights is a requirement for suppliers with commercial contracts.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 17/01/2023 17:33:02 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1541589

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 24 October 2022 to Question 63241 on Conditions of Employment, what progress his Department has made on establishing a right to request a more predictable contract after 26 weeks of employment.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	84886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government laid out its commitment to establishing a right to request a more predictable contract after 26 weeks of employment in the 2019 Conservative Manifesto. We will bring forward legislation on this if parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/11/2022 17:17:11 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner