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Business: Conditions of Employment

Asked by Fred ThomasLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 2 March 2026UIN 115260

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with businesses on maintaining flexible staffing arrangements in the context of the Employment Rights Act 2025.

Answered by Kate Dearden

The Government is improving flexibility and security for workers while supporting a flexible, responsive labour market that drives economic growth. This includes reforms on flexible working, agency work and zero hours contracts.

Across each of these areas, engagement with businesses and trade bodies has been core to policy development.

We are also continuing to gather views from businesses through our current public consultations on Improving Access to Flexible Working and Modernising the Agency Work Regulatory Framework.

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