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Fast Food: Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve employment regulation applicable to (a) Deliveroo, (b) Just Eat and (c) other online food delivery companies.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
11 Nov 2024
Answer
11 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 5 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve employment regulation applicable to (a) Deliveroo, (b) Just Eat and (c) other online food delivery companies.

  2. 11 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Online food delivery companies, like all companies, must comply with their legal obligations to ensure those they engage receive the rights and protections to which they are entitled. However, we recognise the complexity of the UK’s current three-tiered e...

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