Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies if minimum service levels agreed on strike days exceed those levels on non-strike days.

The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill will ensure crucial public services such as rail, ambulance services, and fire services maintain a minimum service during industrial action, reducing risk to lives and livelihoods.

The Department is conducting an economic impact assessment of the Bill. This will be published shortly.

The Bill also sets out a requirement that Departments must consult widely before making minimum service regulations in a relevant area.

The sectors to which this legislation will apply to are named in the Bill. This does not include the military or the police.