Question follow-through · 7809
Department for Business and Trade: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, for what reason hi
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, for what reason hi
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government has published a comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts from the zero hours contract measures in the Employment Rights Act 2025 and will publish further analysis in due course.The government’s preference is for the hours threshold...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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