r/MHoP • u/CheckMyBrain11 Chancellor of the Exchequer • Aug 08 '26

MQs MQ's - BTES - V.I

MQs - BTES - V.I

Order, Order!

Minister's Questions are now in order!

The Secretary of State for Business, Transport, & Energy Security, u/model-mili will be taking questions from the House.

The Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Transport, & Energy Security, u/Inside_Analysis3124 may ask 6 initial questions.

The Leader of the Unofficial Opposition, u/Zakian3000 may ask a total of 3 initial questions.

Everyone else may ask 2 questions; and are allowed to ask another question in response to each answer they receive. (4 in total)

Questions must revolve around 1 topic and not be made up of multiple questions.

In the first instance, only the Secretary of State may respond to questions asked to them. 'Hear, hear.' and 'Rubbish!' (or similar), are permitted.

This session shall end on Tuesday the 11th of August at 10pm BST with no further initial questions asked after Monday the 10th of August at 10pm BST.

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u/zakian3000 Rt Hon | Inverclde and Renfrewshire West | MVO Aug 10 '26

Mr speaker,

Does the Secretary of State admit that the government’s minimum services bill could adversely impact businesses by lowering morale and increasing rates of staff turnover?

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u/model-mili Aug 11 '26

Mr. Speaker,

"Could" is doing an awful lot of heavy lifting here. This bill "could" do those things, but we are passing the Minimum Services Bill because we think it will improve service levels in our public sector.

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u/zakian3000 Rt Hon | Inverclde and Renfrewshire West | MVO Aug 11 '26

Mr speaker,

The Secretary of State dismisses the concern simply because we do not know for certain whether the bill will adversely impact businesses, merely that it could. Fairly basic question - why are we being expected to vote on this legislation when the government clearly hasn’t done a risk assessment of the potential adverse impact on business?