Trade Union Act 2016
make provision about industrial action, trade unions, employers’ associations and the functions of the Certification Officer.
Government Bill
What is this Bill?
The Trade Union Act 2016 was a Government Bill that became an Act of Parliament.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?No. This Bill was introduced on 15 July 2015 and became an Act of Parliament on 4 May 2016.
Whose idea is this Bill?Government Bills implement the legislative agenda of the Government. This agenda, and the Bills that will implement it, are outlined in the Queen's Speech at the Session's State Opening of Parliament.
How can I find out exactly what this Bill does?The most straightforward information is contained in the initial Explanatory Notes for the Bill.
Would you like to know more?See these Glossary articles for more information: Act of Parliament, Government Bills, Process of a Bill
Sponsor: Sajid Javid
Official Bill Page Initial Explanatory Notes Initial Briefing papers Initial Library Notes Ministerial Extracts from Debates All Bill Debates
This bill has received Royal Assent and has become an Act of Parliament
Bill Progession through Parliament
Latest Key documents
Amendment paper
29/04/2016
Timeline of Bill Documents and Stages
5th May 2016
Act of Parliament
Trade Union Act 2016 c.15
4th May 2016
Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) (Commons)
4th May 2016
Royal Assent (Hansard) (Commons)
3rd May 2016
Ping Pong (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords
29th April 2016
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Motions to be moved on consideration of Commons Amendments (PDF, 84KB)
27th April 2016
Ping Pong: House of Commons
27th April 2016
Programme motion: House of Commons
27th April 2016
Bills
HL Bill 119, 2015-16, Commons Amendments (PDF, 79KB)
27th April 2016
Amendment papers
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 27 April 2016
27th April 2016
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration of Lords Amendments (PDF, 335KB)
26th April 2016
Bills
Bill 165, 2015-16 Lords Amendments to the Bill
26th April 2016
Amendment papers
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 25 April 2016
26th April 2016
Explanatory Notes
Bill 165-EN 2015-16
25th April 2016
3rd reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords
22nd April 2016
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Third Reading (PDF, 67KB)
20th April 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Third Reading (PDF, 62KB)
20th April 2016
Bills
HL Bill 112, 2015-16, as amended on Report
19th April 2016
Report: 2nd sitting (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords
15th April 2016
Amendment papers
Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report (PDF, 74KB)
14th April 2016
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved on Report [Supplementary to the Revised Marshalled List] (PDF, 52KB)
13th April 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report [Supplementary to the Revised Marshalled List] (PDF, 49KB)
12th April 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report [Supplementary to the Revised Marshalled List] (PDF, 55KB)
4th April 2016
Will write letters
Letter dated 21/01/2016 from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve and others regarding issues raised during the Second Reading of the Bill. Incl. annex. Response to the Report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (PDF, 2MB)
16th March 2016
Report: 1st sitting: House of Lords
16th March 2016
Report stage (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords
15th March 2016
Amendment papers
Revised Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report
14th March 2016
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report
11th March 2016
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved on Report
10th March 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report
9th March 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report
8th March 2016
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved on Report
3rd March 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report
26th February 2016
Bills
HL Bill 99 2015-16, as amended in Committee
25th February 2016
Committee: 4th sitting (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords
25th February 2016
Committee: 4th sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
23rd February 2016
Committee: 3rd sitting (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords
23rd February 2016
Committee: 3rd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
23rd February 2016
Amendment papers
Fourth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Committee
22nd February 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee [Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List]
19th February 2016
Amendment papers
Third Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Committee
18th February 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee [Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
16th February 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee [Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
11th February 2016
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved in Committee [Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
10th February 2016
Committee: 2nd sitting (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords
10th February 2016
Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
10th February 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee [Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
9th February 2016
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved in Committee [Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
8th February 2016
Committee: 1st sitting (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords
8th February 2016
Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
8th February 2016
Amendment papers
Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Committee
5th February 2016
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved in Committee [Supplementary to the Marshalled List]
4th February 2016
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Committee
3rd February 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee
2nd February 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee
1st February 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee
29th January 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee
28th January 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee
26th January 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee
20th January 2016
Library Notes
House of Lords Library Note (OCTET-STREAM, 421KB)
19th January 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee
18th January 2016
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved in Committee
14th January 2016
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved in Committee
12th January 2016
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Committee
11th January 2016
2nd reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords
11th January 2016
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords
1st December 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (TUB58i) (PDF)
19th November 2015
Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 74 Explanatory Notes - Corrigendum (PDF, 77KB)
11th November 2015
1st reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords
11th November 2015
1st reading (Hansard): House of Lords
11th November 2015
Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 74 EN 2015-16
11th November 2015
Bills
HL Bill 74 2015-16 (as brought from the Commons on 11th November)
10th November 2015
3rd reading: House of Commons
10th November 2015
Report stage: House of Commons
10th November 2015
Amendment papers
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 10 November 2015
10th November 2015
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration on Report (PDF, 185KB)
10th November 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - supplementary to consolidated evidence - (TUB58h) (PDF, 56KB)
9th November 2015
Press notices
Notices of Amendments as at 6 November 2015
9th November 2015
Briefing papers
Committee Stage Report
6th November 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 5 November 2015
5th November 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 4 November 2015
4th November 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 3 November 2015
4th November 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: consolidated pdf version (PDF, 2MB)
3rd November 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 2 November 2015
29th October 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 28 October 2015
28th October 2015
Bills
Bill 86 2015-16 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: The Law Society of Scotland (TUB41)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (TUB58f) (PDF, 55KB)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Tom Flanagan Consulting (TUB42)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Sara Ogilvie, Policy Officer, Liberty (TUB43)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Dave Godson & Alan Duffell, Joint Chairs of East Midlands Social Partnership Forum (TUB44)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Councillor Dee Martin (TUB45)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Councillor Barrie Grunewald - Leader of the Council, St Helens Council (TUB46)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Councillor Tony Newman (TUB47)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: GMB - further submission (TUB48)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Councillor Alan Rhodes (TUB49)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: TUC – further submission (TUB50)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Cllr Doug Taylor, Leader of the Council, Enfield Council (TUB51)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Fire Brigade Union (TUB52)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence:John Hannett, General Secretary, Usdaw (TUB53)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Cllr Anthony Hunt, Deputy Leader at Torfaen County Borough Council (TUB54)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Cllr Jennifer Mein, Leader of Lancashire County Council (TUB55)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Dusty Amroliwala, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of East London (TUB56)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Cllr David Perry, Leader of Harrow Council (TUB57)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (TUB58a) (PDF, 142KB)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (TUB58b) (PDF, 48KB)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (TUB58c) (PDF, 48KB)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (TUB58d) (PDF, 155KB)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (TUB58e) (PDF, 155KB)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Cllr Julian Bell, Leader, Ealing Council (TUB39)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: UNISON - further submission (TUB38)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Professor Keith Ewing - further submission (TUB37)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence:Chair of North East Regional Employers’ Organisation (TUB36)
28th October 2015
Tracked changes versions of Bills: Commons
Version of the bill showing changes made in committee (PDF, 306KB)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Derby City Council (TUB61)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Derbyshire County Council (TUB60)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Oldham Council (TUB59)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Directors of Workforce & Organisational Development, NHS Wales (TUB40)
28th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (TUB58g) (PDF, 54KB)
27th October 2015
Committee Debate:10th sitting: House of Commons
27th October 2015
Committee Debate: 9th sitting: House of Commons
27th October 2015
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 27 October 2015
26th October 2015
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 3 (PDF, 260KB)
23rd October 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 22 October 2015
22nd October 2015
Committee Debate: 8th sitting: House of Commons
22nd October 2015
Committee Debate: 7th sitting: House of Commons
22nd October 2015
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 22 October 2015
22nd October 2015
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 2 (PDF, 261KB)
21st October 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 20 October 2015
20th October 2015
Committee Debate: 6th sitting: House of Commons
20th October 2015
Committee Debate: 5th sitting: House of Commons
20th October 2015
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 20 October 2015
20th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: RMT (TUB29)
20th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: UNITE - further submission (TUB28) (PDF)
20th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Tony Wilson, Managing Director, Abellio London and Surrey (TUB30)
20th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Cllr Darren Rodwell, Leader, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Council (TUB31)
20th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Communication Workers Union (CWU) (TUB32)
20th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: National Union of Teachers (NUT) (TUB33)
20th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: CollegesWales/ColegauCymru (TUB34)
20th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: North Lanarkshire Council (TUB35)
19th October 2015
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 1 (PDF, 261KB)
16th October 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 15 October 2015
15th October 2015
Committee Debate: 4th sitting: House of Commons
15th October 2015
Committee Debate: 3rd sitting: House of Commons
15th October 2015
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 15 October 2015
15th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: SUEZ (TUB 27)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: City of Wolverhampton Council (TUB15)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: British Medical Association (BMA) (TUB26)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: NASUWT, The Teachers' Union (TUB25)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: London HR Directors Network (TUB24)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: CBI (TUB23)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Thompsons Solicitors LLP (TUB22)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Professor Keith Ewing (TUB21)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Royal College of Nursing (TUB20)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Vera Baird QC, Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria (TUB19)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Community (TUB18)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: ASLEF (TUB17)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: GMB (TUB16)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: UNISON (TUB14)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: James Jeavons (TUB03)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Cllr. Simon Blackburn, leader of Blackpool Council (TUB13)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) (TUB12)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Taxpayers' Alliance (TUB11)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Trades Union Congress (TUC) (TUB10)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Leeds City Council (TUB09)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Welsh Local Government Association (TUB08)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Royal College of Midwives (TUB07)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: UNITE (TUB06)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Stuart Seaman (TUB05)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Society of Radiographers (TUB04)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Todd Bailey (TUB02)
14th October 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Dr Charles Umney (TUB01)
14th October 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 13 October 2015
13th October 2015
Committee Debate: 2nd sitting: House of Commons
13th October 2015
Committee Debate: 1st sitting: House of Commons
13th October 2015
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 13 October 2015
13th October 2015
Press notices
Trade Union Bill Schedule of Evidence Sessions (PDF, 86KB)
12th October 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 9 October 2015
9th October 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 8 October 2015
15th September 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments as at 14 September 2015
14th September 2015
2nd reading: House of Commons
14th September 2015
Ways and Means resolution: House of Commons
14th September 2015
Money resolution: House of Commons
15th July 2015
1st reading: House of Commons
15th July 2015
Explanatory Notes
Bill 58 EN 2015-16
15th July 2015
Bills
Bill 58 2015-16 (as introduced)