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answer › question first answered	2017-07-26T10:17:29.14Z
min answer › date of answer	2017-04-26
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
max answer › date of answer	2018-11-12

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18/07/2017

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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British Indian Ocean Territory: Minimum Wage

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25259

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether the base contractor or other employers on Diego Garcia are required to pay a legal minimum wage.

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Glasgow North

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Patrick Grady

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5869

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26/07/2017

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<p><del class="ministerial">The</del> British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Employment Ordinance No.7 of 1984 (as amended) covers various aspects of employment law in the Territory and is available in the House of Commons library. <del class="ministerial">BIOT ordinances do not extend to the Territory. </del><ins class="ministerial">BIOT ordinances do not provide for a legal minimum wage and UK minimum wage legislation does not extend to the Territory. </ins>As base contractors on Diego Garcia are contracted directly by the United States, we do not hold information regarding employees and employment practice.</p>

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Rutland and Melton

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Sir Alan Duncan

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26/07/2017 10:17:29

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28/07/2017 15:27:23

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Rutland and Melton

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Sir Alan Duncan

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