Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 12 December 2024 (HL2726), what assessment they have made of whether the Certification Officer is fulfilling their duties to ensure that unions provide their accounts as required by section 32 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 12 December 2024, I can only reiterate that it is not for Government to compel a union to provide its annual return. That is for the Certification Officer, who is independent of Government.