Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 77491

Conditions of Employment

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the guaranteed-hours provisions in the Employment Rights Bill on (a) levels of self-employment (b) the ratio of fixed-term contracts to permanent co

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Government has published its Impact Assessment and Economic Analysis for the Employment Rights Bill.As stated, the guaranteed hours provisions aim to reduce the risk of workers being pushed into casual employment, increase predictability for workers w...

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