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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-11-29more like thismore than 2016-11-29
answering body
Wales Office more like this
answering dept id 28 more like this
answering dept short name Wales more like this
answering dept sort name Wales more like this
hansard heading Living Wage: Wales remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for the Government's policies on Wales of the recommendation by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in its Global Economic Outlook of November 2016 that caution was needed in increasing to the living wage on account of the potential effect on employment of such increases. more like this
tabling member constituency Newport West more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Flynn more like this
uin 55375 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-12-06more like thismore than 2016-12-06
answer text <p>This Government will make sure the economy works for everyone across the UK, including in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>To help achieve this, the Government is accepting the recommendations of the independent Low Pay Commission to increase the National Living Wage to £7.50 from April 2017. The Low Pay Commission took into account the state of the economy and labour market in their recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The National Living Wage has been set so that it reaches 60% of median earnings in 2020, and will have no impact on employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan remove filter
answering member printed Alun Cairns more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-12-06T13:14:04.897Zmore like thismore than 2016-12-06T13:14:04.897Z
answering member
4086
label Biography information for Alun Cairns more like this
tabling member
545
label Biography information for Paul Flynn more like this