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  Draft Important Public Services (Health) Regulations 2017 - 40% Strike Ballot Threshold for Fire Service Workers
  
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  @ MP voted aye for a 40% threshold of support to apply to ballots for strike action by key fire service workers.
  
  @ MP voted no against a 40% threshold of support to applying to ballots for strike action by key fire service workers.
  
  The majority of MPs voted for a 40% threshold of support to apply to ballots for strike action by key fire service workers.
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111151952/contents draft Important Public Services (Fire) Regulations 2017], which were laid before this House on 5 December 2016, be approved.
  
  The regulations defined key workers in the fire and rescue services 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 [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/15/section/3/enacted section 3 of the Trade Union Act 2016] which amends [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/226 section 226 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992].
  
  * [1] [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111151952/memorandum/contents Explanatory memorandum to the draft Important Public Services (Fire) Regulations 2017]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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