| Heading: |
Employment Rights Bill |
| Question ID: |
1759738 |
| UIN: |
27208 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4513 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mims Davies
|
| Asking Member handle: |
mimsdavies
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@mimsdavies
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he sought external legal advice when drafting the Employment Rights Bill. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2025-02-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4418 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Justin Madders
|
| Answering Member handle: |
justinmadders
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@justinmadders
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
With respect to the Employment Rights Bill, the Department has been supported by legal advice from the Government Legal Department and, where appropriate, external legal advice. Legal advice provided to the Government is privileged. |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |