Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the compatibility of the Trade Union Bill with the European Convention of Human Rights and other international human rights treaties to which the UK is a signatory.

The Government’s view is that the proposals set out in the Trade Union Bill comply with the EU Social Charter and International Labour Organisation conventions and that the proposed legislation complies with Convention rights. None of these changes will affect that compliance.

The Government has assessed the compatibility of the Trade Union Bill with the European Convention on Human Rights and a memorandum has been published on July 2015 by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, containing input from the Cabinet Office.