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Business of the House
Thursday 25th January 2024

(3 months, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Peter Dowd Portrait Peter Dowd (Bootle) (Lab)
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T3. What assessment has the Minister made of the results of private sector trials in relation to the introduction of a four-day week? Will he meet me in due course to discuss the results of those trials?

Kevin Hollinrake Portrait Kevin Hollinrake
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I thank the hon. Gentleman for that question. It is clearly up to businesses to decide if they want to trial a four-day week. We have made no assessment of any results. It is our belief that we should not run a Stalinist economy, where we tell private sector businesses how to operate their workforce and on what days of the week—he may differ on that particular perspective—but we have introduced important reforms that help businesses work more flexibly, including the flexible working changes that were introduced recently.

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