Question follow-through · 67981
Business: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a working time council to explore the wider implementation of a four-day working across the economy.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a working time council to explore the wider implementation of a four-day working across the economy.
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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22 Jul 2025
Answer published
A four-day week is an example of a flexible working arrangement. All employees have the right to request flexible working, and we are changing legislation through the Employment Rights Bill to make it more likely that feasible requests are accepted.The go...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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