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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to improve workers’ rights for the self-employed and workers in the gig economy.

In the Government Response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices we committed to firm action and future legislation to enhance employment rights for those working in the gig economy, agency workers and those who work atypically. We are currently consulting on how best to achieve this change.

The Government Response also sets out a package of measures to better support the self-employed, including improved support on embarking on a self-employed career, encouraging pension savings and supporting people to pay the right tax.

Alongside this, from 6 April 2016, we have given self-employed people the ability to build their entitlement to the new State Pension at the same rate as employed people.