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Bill Documents
7 Mar 2024 - Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Rights & Security International (on the impact of the Bill on trade unions) (IPAB05b)
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024

Found: Written evidence submitted by Rights & Security International (on the impact of the Bill on trade unions

Select Committee
Letter from Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP, Under Secretary for State, Department for Business and Trade to the Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton on regulatory responsibilities for the Post Office dated 04 March 2024

Correspondence Mar. 05 2024

Committee: Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: Letter from Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP, Under Secretary for State, Department for Business and Trade

Written Question
POA: Industrial Disputes
Thursday 7th March 2024

Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the provisions of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 on the ability of the Prison Officers Association to represent their members in workplace disputes.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The provisions of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (the 2023 Act) do not extend to prison officers, who are not included in the categories listed in section 234B(4) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, as amended by the Schedule to the 2023 Act. Under section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, however, it would be unlawful for a trade union representing prison officers to induce its members to strike.

As prison officers do not have a right to strike, the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB) is an independent body which acts as a compensatory mechanism. The PSPRB conducts its own research and considers evidence submitted by the Prison Officers Association before making recommendations to the Government. The Government would only depart from those recommendations in exceptional circumstances.

Scottish Parliament Written Question
S6W-25458
Monday 26th February 2024

Asked by: Whittle, Brian (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - South Scotland)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-03036 by Angela Constance on 31 January 2024, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs is aware that the Scottish Prison Service reportedly plans to derecognise Community as HMP Kilmarnock’s recognised trade union, and what the Scottish Government's position is on such a decision.

Answered by Constance, Angela - Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs

The Scottish Government is aware of the Scottish Prison Service’s (SPS) intention to maintain existing trade union arrangements for public sector prisons and the transferring staffing group will be covered by those existing arrangements.

It is SPS’s view that their existing trade union relationships are working well and that to recognise a further trade union with collective bargaining rights for the same group of staff, i.e. prison officers, would unnecessarily complicate the trade union landscape.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Business and Trade

May. 13 2024

Source Page: UK Government working hand in hand with Australia to promote trade in legal and tech services
Document: UK Government working hand in hand with Australia to promote trade in legal and tech services (webpage)

Found: UK Government working hand in hand with Australia to promote trade in legal and tech services

Select Committee
Letter from Alex Chalk KC, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 25 January 2024 regarding the Justice Committee’s report on private prosecutions.

Correspondence Jan. 30 2024

Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)

Found: Letter from Alex Chalk KC, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 25 January 2024

Deposited Papers
Department for Business and Trade

May. 14 2024

Source Page: Letter dated 07/05/2024 from Kevin Hollinrake MP to Marion Fellows MP regarding the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill and exclusion of Scotland from its scope. 2p.
Document: Response_KH_to_Marion_Fellows_MP_-_Post_Office_Horizon.pdf (PDF)

Found: Kevin Hollinrake MP Minister of State Department for Business and Trade Old Admiralty Building

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy, 29 February 2024
 Breakdown of ministerial responsibilities relevant to the Committee's remit

Correspondence Feb. 29 2024

Committee: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: support of the Cabinet Secretary for Transport • *in support of the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice

Deposited Papers

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: I. List of ministerial responsibilities. 88p. II. List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Alex Burghart MP to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding documents for deposit, and copying them for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: APRIL_2024_List_of_Ministerial_Responsibilities.pdf (PDF)

Found: The Rt Hon Kemi BADENOCH MP Secretary of State for Business and Trade, President of the Board of Trade

Select Committee
Letter from the Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business relating to Post Office convictions legislation, 22 February 2024

Correspondence Feb. 26 2024

Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: Kevin Hollinrake MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Business and Trade