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Proceeding contribution from Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 29 November 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Autumn Budget Forecast.

Autumn Budget Forecast

My Lords, I welcome many of the comments made in the Budget Statement but there is one that I want to ask the Minister to clarify. He announced that he was asking the independent pay review bodies to consider how public sector pay can be made more responsive to local labour markets. Can he explain what that means? How are the regions geographically defined? Further, if there were to be a reduction in public sector pay in some of the regions, would that lead on inevitably to reductions in benefits in those areas as well?

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Proceeding contribution
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733 c207 
Session
2010-12
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House of Lords chamber
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Business Development aid Borrowing Health and safety Energy Infrastructure Excise duties Fuels Government assistance Economic situation Forecasts Pre-school education Pay Workplace pensions Planning Public sector Public expenditure Mortgages Railways Loans Public finance Public sector debt Social security benefits State retirement pensions Schools Young people Transport Taxation Unemployment Science Autumn statement Office for Budget Responsibility Bank levy
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