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1699163

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date	26/03/2024
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	Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the provisions of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 on the ability of trade unions to represent their members in workplace disputes.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	20801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The Strikes Act does not prevent or restrict the ability of trade unions to represent their members in workplace disputes, nor does it remove the ability for strikes to take place. It simply ensures there is a balance between the ability to strike and the need to ensure the public can continue to access essential services during strike action.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/04/2024 18:38:45 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1639621

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	Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to encourage the use of alternative dispute mechanisms in the context of resolving collective disputes; and if she will make statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	186424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government considers that the resolution of workplace disputes is a matter for the parties involved. The Government has established a dispute resolution framework to enable the resolution of workplace disputes as early as possible.</p><p>Where there is a collective dispute between an employer and their employees, represented by a trade union, the Government believes that strikes should be a last resort. It is better to resolve disputes through dialogue wherever possible. The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) stands ready to assist the parties in reaching an agreement, where they both accept its involvement.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/06/2023 11:46:51 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1623550

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Industrial Disputes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Prime Minister’s discussions with trade unions in January regarding industrial action, what further engagement they have had with trade unions across all sectors to prevent any further industrial action.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>Ministers across Government have been meeting with the trade unions to attempt to resolve these disputes where it is possible to do so and, crucially, where it is affordable to the taxpayer.</p><p>We’ve been clear throughout that we must strike the right balance on what is affordable and realise where compromises must be made.</p><p>We are actively engaging with the unions to try and facilitate fair compromises to resolve these disputes – including through service reform, productivity and efficiency – and we remain happy to listen to their concerns.</p><p> </p><p>Since January, the Government has negotiated with the Agenda for Change workforce, entering into a process of intensive talks to find a fair and reasonable settlement. The majority of AfC unions have now voted to accept that offer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and the education trade unions have entered intensive talks, focusing on teacher pay, conditions and workload reduction. There have also been discussions with unions representing the civil service and with the RMT and the British Medical Association.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are determined to find a way through this. We are grateful for the talks we have had so far and we remain happy to listen to the concerns of unions and their members.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/05/2023 15:22:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1600599

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
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	Industrial Disputes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of days lost in strike action per 1,000 workers in each of the last five years in (1) the UK, (2) France, (3) Spain, and (4) Italy; and what assessment they have made of the comparison between the UK and those countries in respect of those figures.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway
uin	HL6055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the UK show that in the 7 months to December 2022, there were 2,472,000 working days lost from striking workers. This is the highest for a seven-month period since June to December 1990 (when 3,837,000 working days were lost).</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not believe that direct comparisons with other European countries are particularly helpful because of the different administrative and legal frameworks governing industrial action. It remains the case that, while the exact arrangements vary, the other countries mentioned in the question have had minimum service levels in place for a variety of services for many years.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 22/03/2023 15:27:43 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4977 label Biography information for Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway