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date	12/07/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will undertake an assessment of the potential benefits of implementing £15 an hour minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	34986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>We have set out an ambitious target for the minimum wage to reach 2/3 of median earnings by 2024. It is important that increases are evidence-based, sustainable and affordable for business. That is why we consider the expert and independent advice of the Low Pay Commission when increasing the rates as setting the minimum wage too high may lead to higher unemployment and harm the very people the policy is intended to help.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 20/07/2022 09:52:24 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt previous answer version 14046 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

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date	25/03/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Cayman Islands: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the blacklisting of the Cayman Islands by the EU ECOFIN Committee on 18 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	34986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>As a self-governing and fiscally autonomous jurisdiction, the Cayman Islands make commitments independently of the UK. We encourage the Cayman Islands and the EU to work closely together to resolve any outstanding issues.</p><p>The UK supports adherence to international tax standards and we encourage the governments of all Overseas Territories to work with the EU to deliver on their commitments. This is a message the Minister for the Overseas Territories conveys in her regular contact with the governments of the Overseas Territories. We welcome the measures which the Cayman Islands have put in place.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 34987 34988 34989 34990 question first answered 21/04/2020 06:19:49 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson