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Minimum Wage

My right honourable friend the Minister for Business Innovation and Skills (Pat McFadden) has today made the following Statement. I am pleased to announce that the Government have written to the Low Pay Commission setting out the non-economic evidence on the national minimum wage. The evidence addresses enforcement, publicity and awareness and policy issues including apprenticeships, homeworkers and young workers. The Government will be submitting their economic evidence to the commission later this year. A copy of the non-economic evidence will be placed in the Libraries of the House and will be available from the BIS website at www.bis.gov.uk.