Select Committee · Work and Pensions Committee

Self-employment and the gig economy inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 25 Nov 2016 Closed: 3 Oct 2019 1 report

The Government must close the loopholes that are currently allowing "bogus" self-employment practices, which are potentially creating an extra burden on the welfare state while simultaneously reducing the tax contributions that sustain it.

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
13th Report - Self-employment and the gig economy HC 847 1 May 2017 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
29 Mar 2017 Session View ↗
22 Mar 2017 Session View ↗
1 Mar 2017 Session View ↗
22 Feb 2017 Session View ↗
6 Feb 2017 Session View ↗

Correspondence

12 letters
DateDirectionTitle
6 Apr 2017 To cttee Letter from Amazon to Frank Field MP 20-3-2017
6 Apr 2017 To cttee Letter from Deliveroo to Frank Field MP 17-3-2017
6 Apr 2017 To cttee Letter from Frank Field MP to Carole Woodhead Hermes Ltd 20-3-2017
6 Apr 2017 To cttee Letter from Uber to Frank Field MP re contract clarifications 13-3-2017
6 Apr 2017 To cttee Letter from Frank Field MP to Dan Warne Deliveroo 1-03-2017
6 Apr 2017 To cttee Letter from Hermes to Frank Field MP 10-03-2017
6 Apr 2017 To cttee Letter from Frank Field MP to Andrew Byrne Uber 20-3-2017
6 Apr 2017 To cttee Letter from Frank Field MP to Andrew Byrne Uber re additional documents 1-3-2017
6 Apr 2017 To cttee Letter from Frank Field MP to Carole Woodhead Hermes re additional evidence 1-3…
6 Apr 2017 To cttee Letter from Frank Field MP to Amazon re Amazon Flex couriers 1-3-2017
7 Mar 2017 Frank Field to Dwain McDonald DPD 7-03-2017
7 Mar 2017 Frank Field to Gary Simpson Parcelfoce 7-03-2017