Railways: Strikes

(asked on 5th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 28 January (HL412), whether they will now answer the question put, namely what provisions any such legislation will include to protect the rights of railway managers dealing with strike action.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 19th February 2020

The purpose of Minimum Service Level legislation is to ensure that the right to take strike action is in future balanced with the rights of others who are disproportionately impacted by strikes. This would include the rights of rail managers.

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