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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, if he will set out
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 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, if he will set out
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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15 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government’s preference is to set the threshold within the range of 8 to 20 hours per week on the basis that options within this range are more likely to provide a favourable balance of costs and benefits.We are consulting on the hours threshold and w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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