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Written Question

Department for Business and Trade: Strikes

Wednesday 29th July 2026

Asked by: Lord Gilbert of Panteg (Conservative - Life peer)

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

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on whether ministers in the Department for Business and Trade attend their department to undertake ministerial duties during periods of strike action by civil servants or contractors.

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

Decisions about ministerial attendance at departmental offices are a matter for individual ministers, taking account of their official duties, operational requirements and the effective conduct of government business.