Cat Smith – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cat Smith on 2015-11-10.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account was taken of the results of the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Survey on workplace union representatives in the healthcare sector in bringing forward proposals to cap union facility time in the Trade Union Bill.

Matthew Hancock

There are no current proposals to cap facility time. The reserve powers in the Trade Union Bill, which allow Ministers to set a cap on the time and money spent on facility time, would be used only as a last resort.