questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Freeports, Special Economic Zones, Investment Zones, and Industrial Strategy Zones on workers’ rights, pay, and conditions compared with the rest of the UK economy, and what safeguards are in place to ensure that employment standards, including trade union access and enforcement of labour law, are upheld within designated zones.
answerText: The Modern Industrial Strategy published in June 2025 will increase business investment and grow the industries of the future in the UK. Industrial Strategy Zones (ISZs) are the UK’s primary place-based growth interventions, I will therefore refer to ISZs...
heading: Freeports and Special Economic Zones: Conditions of Employment and Pay