Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2025, to Question HL11348, on Industrial Disputes: Trade Unions, whether the Government will take steps to revise the Code of Practice on picketing to ban leverage tactics during industrial disputes.

The government has laid a revised Code of Practice on Picketing before Parliament, that reflects legislative updates made by the Employment Rights Act 2025. We also intend to consult publicly on wider updates to the Code of Practice on Picketing in due course, noting that this Code has not been substantively updated for some time. We encourage all interested parties to respond to that consultation, with their views on the content of the Code.