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Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Zero Hours Contracts

Asked by Wera HobhouseLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129875

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what evidence his Department has used to inform the proposed definition of low hours for the purposes of the guaranteed hours provisions; and whether an impact assessment will be published for the reta

Answered by Kate Dearden

It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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