Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Employment Rights Act 2025’s provisions on access to the workplace will require changes to the guidance on trade union access to the building of the employer on strike days.

Answered by Lord Leong - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

The Employment Rights Act 2025’s provisions on access set out that trade union access cannot be used for the purposes of organising industrial action (70ZA(7) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992). Doing so would be considered a breach of the access agreement. However, the union could still be entitled to access a non-striking group of workers in the same workplace for any of the access purposes set out (section 70ZA (6) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992)), and in accordance with the access agreement.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Leong on 16 September, what requirements they are including in invitations to tender for public sector construction contracts relating to the provision of apprenticeship opportunities and adult skills training by contractors and subcontractors.

Answered by Lord Leong - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

The Government is committed to ensuring that public procurement supports British businesses and helps to build a fairer economy, delivering jobs, skills and opportunities in every postcode.

The new Social Value Model will ensure that contracts valued at £1m and above, but less than £5m, apply a minimum 10% weighting (or equivalent measurement), and contracts valued at £5m or above, apply a minimum 20% weighting (or equivalent measurement), of the total score given to tenders. These will support apprenticeships and other forms of training in construction and other sectors.

Full details of the policy can be found here PPN 026: The Social Value Model (HTML) - GOV.UK.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to ratify the Council of Europe framework convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

The UK was proud to be among the first countries to sign the Council of Europe’s AI Convention, the world’s first legally binding agreement on AI grounded in human rights, democracy and the rule of law. We will implement the Convention in a way that safeguards rights while supporting growth. We are working through our options for ratification that best give effect to this, including taking stock of existing legislative and administrative measures that meet the Convention's provisions.

We want the Government to establish a fair financial redress scheme for the 3.8 million taxpayers excluded from Covid-19 financial support, reflecting the support received by comparable taxpayers and businesses.

Require frontier AI developers to collectively fund an independent UK public-safety capability, with competitive technical pay and guaranteed access to relevant systems and evidence. Developers must have no influence over its staff, methods, priorities or conclusions.

We want the Government to introduce statutory minimum standards for direct employer recruitment, including requirements for genuine recruitment, accurate material information about vacancies and proportionate accountability for serious or misleading recruitment practices.

We want the Government to introduce legislation requiring supermarkets to prevent edible food & drink from being discarded as waste. Unsold items that are safe to consume should be discounted, redistributed or donated, with disposal permitted only where they are unsafe or otherwise unfit for use.

Introduce mandatory laws requiring restaurants and fast-food chains to offer diabetic-friendly meal options certified by health and nutrition professionals, utilizing low-glycemic ingredients and healthy alternatives for diabetic people rather than just standard carbohydrates.

This petition calls for the Government to ban plastic tags on children’s clothing, which we believe create avoidable waste, pose choking risks, and contribute to pollution.

Require all UK telecom providers to implement network-level caller ID authentication across mobile, landline and VoIP services, and to block calls where a displayed UK number is identified as spoofed. Ofcom should establish and enforce a common verification standard.

Require all businesses to offer a cash alternative to digital payments for people that can't pay online. Some people need to pay cash as that's all they have access to for various reasons. Online booking systems and card only can prevent some people from living life to the fullest.

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