Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Harriet Cross and Jerome Mayhew

Thursday 12th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Harriet Cross (Gordon and Buchan) (Con)]

4. What steps he is taking to help reduce employment costs for employers.

[Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham) (Con)]

20. What steps he is taking to help reduce employment costs for employers.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Justin Madders)]

The Employment Rights Bill is the next phase of delivering our plan to make work pay. The Bill is both pro-worker and pro-business, and will see significant benefits for employers. For example, increased worker wellbeing could be worth billions of pounds a year. The Bill will also reduce workplace conflict, which, according to a report published by ACAS in 2021, costs employers around £30 billion a year. The Bill will level the playing field so that those employers who are engaged in good business practice are not forced into a race to the bottom.