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Living Wage

Commons · Question 1133 · Tabled 22 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 30 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Tracy Gilbert

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 20 of the King’s Speech Background Briefing Notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people w

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 30 Jul 2024

The minimum wage has been one of the most effective and successful policy interventions of the last 25 years. The Government is committed to delivering a genuine living wage for working people, and removing the discriminatory age bands, so that all adults...