Self-employment and the gig economy inquiry
Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee, 25 November 2016 to 3 October 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.
Reports and responses
- 13th Report - Self-employment and the gig economy (1 May 2017)
- 2nd Special Report - Self-employment and the gig economy: Government Response to the Committee’s Thirteenth Report of Session 2016–17 (19 December 2017)
Evidence sessions
- 6 February 2017: Graham Baines, Courier, Hermes, Steven Rowe, Partner, Uber, and Cain Jones, Rider, Deliveroo; David Dunn, Partner, Syed Khalil, Partner, Uber, Marc Ramsden, former Courier, Hermes (at 4.30pm); Jane Cordell, Director, Result CIC, Sara McKee, Founder and Market Innovation Director, Evermore Wellbeing , and Robert Winstanley, Entrepreneur (at 5.15pm).
- 22 February 2017: Andrew Byrne, Head of Public Policy, Uber UK, Lesley Smith, Director of Public Policy UK and Ireland, Amazon, Dan Warne, Managing Director UK and Ireland, Deliveroo, and Carole Woodhead, Chief Executive Officer, Hermes UK Ltd.
- 1 March 2017: Chris Curry, Director, Pensions Policy InstituteYvonne Braun, Director of Long-term Savings Policy, Association of British Insurers, David Fairs, Immediate Past Chairman, Association of Consulting Actuaries, Joe Lane, Senior Policy Researcher, Citizens Advice, Michael Mealing, Policy Chair for Employment and Pensions, Federation of Small Businesses
- 22 March 2017: Andy Chamberlain, Deputy Director of Policy and External Affairs, IPSE, Matt Dooley, Enterprise Director, Peopleplus, Sam Windett, Head of Policy and Communications, Employment Related Services AssociationStuart Adam, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Benedict Dellot, Associate Director (Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing), The RSA, Nigel Keohane, Research Director, Social Market Foundation, Victoria Todd, Senior Technical Manager, Low Incomes Tax Reform Group
- 29 March 2017: Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, The RSA; Damian Hinds MP, Minister for Employment, and Pauline Crellin, Deputy Director, Labour Market, Department for Work and Pensions (at 10.00am).