Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Huw Edwards (Labour), on Tuesday, 22 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 66 members in total.
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE
That this House, whilst it applauds the Government for introducing the national minimum wage, supports the campaign by the Sunday Mirror for an increase in the minimum wage to ??5 per hour; recognises that this would bring a significant improvement to the earning of thousands of employees in the retail, catering and care sectors and other workers receiving poverty pay and would help to rectify the inequalities in earning between women and men; and calls on the Low Pay Commission to establish a formula for the indexation of the minimum wage in order that it should be set at a rate the ensures that workers achieve a living wage through work without dependence on state benefits.
Secondary information
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- Early day motion
- Reference
- 1793
- Session
- 2001-02
- Subjects
- Minimum wage
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