Draft Important Public Services (Health) Regulations 2017 — 40% Strike Ballot Threshold for Border Security Workers — 8 Feb 2017 at 20:51

The majority of MPs voted for the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in a ballot for industrial action by border security workers to be required for such action to be lawful.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That the draft Important Public Services (Border Security) Regulations 2017, which were laid before this House on 5 December 2016, be approved.

The regulations defined Border Force officers carrying out certain activities as providers of "important public services" in relation to which there is a requirement for the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in a ballot for industrial action for such action to be lawful.

The provision allowing regulations defining "important public services" which are subject to the 40% threshold was introduced by section 3 of the Trade Union Act 2016 which amends section 226 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

• [1] Explanatory memorandum to the draft Important Public Services (Border Security) Regulations 2017

Debate in Parliament |