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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to safeguard the provisions of the EU Working Time Directive once Article 50 has been triggered.

This Government has clearly stated that we do not need to be part of the EU to have strong protections for workers' rights, and that we will not roll back EU rights in the workplace. The steps to be taken to safeguard the provision of various pieces of employment legislation, including the Working Time Directive, are still being decided, as part of a much wider legislative piece of work.