Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Government's timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals to increase health and safety protections for workers in the gig economy following the judgement of High Court of 13 November 2020 in the case of R (Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another.

Following the High Court Judgment of 13 November 2020, the Health and Safety Executive is now preparing the necessary legislative changes to the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992 and will implement them as soon as possible.