Proceeding contribution from Ed Balls (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 4 July 2005. It occurred during Opposition day on Government Regulation.
Government Regulation
Does my right hon. Friend remember speeches made by Conservative Members, when they were in government, about the threat to jobs if a national minimum wage were to be introduced? Does he remember the claims that it would cost between 1.5 million and 2 million jobs? Does not the fact that we have 2 million more jobs, not 1.5 million fewer, show that it is possible to strike a balance between reducing regulation and setting good, sound minimum standards so that people are properly protected at work?
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- 436 c98-9
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- 2005-06
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Costs Business Competition Bureaucracy Hospitals Inspections EU law Local government Schools Regulation Sunset clauses
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