Asked by: Blake Stephenson (Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government plans to introduce sector-specific exemptions from the right to guaranteed hours in industries with seasonal or fluctuating demand.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Exemptions to the duty to offer guaranteed hours may be made by Ministers in regulations and will be subject to a full public consultation on how the measures are implemented. However, we envisage that any exemptions to the duty to offer guaranteed hours will be narrow.