Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have further plans to re-introduce the Union Learning Fund, the Union Modernisation Fund, or similar schemes for state funding of trade unions.

The government does not currently have plans to re-introduce the Union Learning Fund or the Union Modernisation Fund. The government is currently updating trade union legislation, so it is fit for a modern economy. We will always consider suggestions on further steps we could take to improve industrial relations.