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  Opposition Day - Zero-hours Contracts - Consultation and Call for Evidence
  
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  @ MP voted aye for a consultation and call for evidence on the use of zero hours contracts.
  @ MP voted no against a consultation and call for evidence on the use of zero hours contracts.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against a consultation and call for evidence on the use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-hour_contract zero hours contracts]. 
  
  
  :That this House
  :''notes'' the marked rise in the use of zero hours contracts with recent estimates that as many as a million employees are employed on them and that they are used in over a quarter of workplaces, contributing to growing insecurity for families across the UK; and 
  :''therefore calls'' on the Government to initiate a full consultation and formal call for evidence on the use of zero hours contracts and on proposals to prevent abuses by employers of such contracts, for example, by stopping employees on zero hours contracts being required to work exclusively for one employer, stopping the use of contracts that require zero hour workers to be available on the off-chance they are needed but with no guarantee of work, banning the use of zero hours contracts where employees are in practice working regular hours and putting in place a code of practice on the use of zero hours contracts.
  
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