Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
9 September 2026
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Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee Actual start House of Commons
15:29 - 15:53
Speaker 2
Order, order. Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces. Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces. Is it the wish of the Committee that we take both instruments together? Minister, would you be good enough to move the first instrument?
15:53 - 16:49
Speaker 1
Thank you, Mr. Streeter. It's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon.
I beg to move that the committee considers the draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 and the draft Code of Practice on Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces. These were laid before the House on the 6th of July 2026. The Employment Rights Act 2025 established for the first time in Great Britain a statutory framework through which independent trade unions and employers can negotiate agreements for access into workplaces. At present, trade unions have no general independent right of access to workplaces. Where unions cannot reach a voluntary agreement with an employer, they can only act through individual members in a workplace, which can limit their ability to represent workers and facilitate collective bargaining.
The new statutory framework enables unions to access workplaces physically and to communicate with workers both in person and digitally.
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