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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of precarious work on the workforce.

Atypical work arrangements, alongside traditional full-time employment, play a valuable role in today’s labour market.

This Government is live to the issues that come with new ways of working.

That is why Matthew Taylor was asked to undertake his independent review of modern employment practices, which is considering job security amongst a range of issues.