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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, how many workers w
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 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, how many workers w
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government has published its consultation on zero hours and similar contracts which will run until 25 August 2026, to understand further the impacts that different options could have on employers and workers.We will publish further analysis in due cou...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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