Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices, published in July 2017, what steps he has taken to increase the availability of good work as outlined in that review.

Statistics released on 11 September show that the labour market continues to perform strongly. The employment rate is at a near-record high and the unemployment rate has not been lower since 1975. Average real-terms weekly earnings excluding bonuses increased by 0.5% over the year.

The Government response to the Taylor Report, published in February, set out the steps which the Government is taking to deliver its ambition that all work in the UK economy should be fair and decent with realistic scope for development and fulfilment.