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- Written Answers — House of Lords: Living Wage (16 May 2013)
Viscount Younger of Leckie: The Government support businesses that choose to pay the living wage. However, the decision on what wages are set, above the national minimum wage, is for employers and workers. The Government’s primary policy for supporting the low paid is through the national minimum wage. For the lowest paid workers, the Government’s aim is to have a minimum wage rate that helps as many...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Minimum Wage (16 May 2013)
Lord Greaves: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to change the way in which the minimum wage calculations are made.
- Queen’s Speech — Debate (5th Day) (15 May 2013)
Lord Hylton: ...the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, has just said. However, in this long debate I believe and hope that I may have found an area which has not yet been covered. I want to argue that the war on terror, as waged since 2001, has been a costly failure. Afghanistan and Iraq were then already suffering trauma from previous wars and the impact of sanctions. Today they remain dysfunctional states, with...
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013) See 2 other results from this debate
Christopher Leslie: ...drawbridge against the entrepreneurs and investment that our country needs. Where is the jobs Bill to ensure that all the long-term unemployed are offered a decent job opportunity on at least the minimum wage, with the private sector in partnership with the Government? We could do all that, and cover the costs, if only the Chancellor would stop being so weak towards the banks and instead...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Pay (15 May 2013)
Mark Hoban: Telereal Trillium employees, and their contractors based in Leeds at DWP buildings are as follows: Telereal Trillium: all staff are paid above the living wage rate. Telereal Trillium cleaners: paid at, or in excess of, the minimum wage rate. Some staff will be paid in excess of the living wage rate. Telereal Trillium catering staff: paid at, or in excess of, the minimum wage rate. Some staff...
- Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013)
Earl Howe: ...prices, when the Dilnot commission reported. Simply, the cap is set at that level to strike a balance between protecting social care users and public affordability. The same principle will apply to national minimum eligibility criteria, which were raised by several noble Lords, including the noble Lord, Lord Northbourne, and the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, and which will be published...
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013) See 4 other results from this debate
Stephen Doughty: ...most vulnerable in our society, but on hard-working families across my constituency and the country, who are increasingly struggling to get by. Figures from the House of Commons Library show that wages in Wales have fallen by £1,700 since 2010—the biggest fall among the UK nations and equivalent to an 8% cut. Real wages are forecast to decline even further due to rising...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Private Sector Job Creation (14 May 2013)
Danny Alexander: ...on the work he is doing on the million jobs campaign to support young people in getting back to work. I echo his words on the employment allowance, which ensures that one person on an average wage and three on the minimum wage can be employed national insurance-free. That should be a substantial incentive, especially for small businesses, to take on more staff.
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Minimum Wage (14 May 2013)
Stephen Doughty: ...and Skills (1) if he will take steps to implement the Low Pay Commission's recommendation in its 2013 report to publish on gov.uk effective, clear and accessible guidance on all aspects of the minimum wage; (2) with reference to the answer of 25 February 2012, Official Report, column 291W, on entertainers, if he will implement the Low Pay Commission's recommendation to provide...
- Written Answers — Treasury: Minimum Wage (14 May 2013)
Jim Sheridan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has for the minimum wage over the remainder of this Parliament.
- Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (13 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate
Lord Warner: ...adult social care services since 2010. That is equivalent to 20% of their budget for care at a time when demand for their services is rising considerably. Domiciliary care is being paid for at below the minimum wage by some councils and some care homes are relying on subsidies from self-funders because councils simply are not paying the true cost of providing decent care. The transfer of...
- Health and Social Care (13 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate
Kate Green: ...—can do to ensure that that is the case. Work force issues relating to social care are also a concern. As others have pointed out, many of those working in social care earn the national minimum wage and contract pressures mean that they have little time to do more than rush in and out of appointments and provide the basic physical care that clients need. There is little time to stop...
- UK Clothing Sector: Safety — Question (13 May 2013)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, what is the Government's response to Muhammad Yunus's call for an international minimum wage for those working in the garment industry, the level of this wage to be agreed upon by the foreign buyers?
- Written Answers — Transport: Shipping: Conditions of Employment (13 May 2013)
John McDonnell: ...purposes of applying the obligations of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006; and if he will make a statement; (2) when he expects to extend the provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention on (a) minimum age, (b) recruitment and placement services, (c) seafarers' employment agreements, (d) wages, (e) entitlement to leave, (f) repatriation, (g) seafarer compensation for ship's loss or...
- Written Answers — Transport: Shipping: Conditions of Employment (13 May 2013)
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention on (a) minimum age, (b) recruitment and placement services, (c) seafarers' employment agreements, (d) wages, (e) entitlement to leave, (f) repatriation, (g) seafarer compensation for ship's loss or foundering, (h) crew accommodation, (i) food and catering, (j) medical care, (k)...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Carer's Allowance (13 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer
John Glen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to uprate income threshold for carer's allowance in light of the forthcoming increase in the minimum wage.
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Minimum Wage (13 May 2013)
Gregg McClymont: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the number of people who will earn no more than the national minimum wage over the course of their working lives.
- Workers’ Rights (10 May 2013)
Robert Halfon: ...a scale for doing the same work is completely immoral, and we must not forget the extra travel costs. How is it right that local Harlow residents are offered the same jobs with the same hours and are forced to take a substantial wage cut that may leave many with difficulties paying their mortgage, or putting food on the table for their families? The Tesco depot workers feel aggrieved that...
- Jobs and Business (10 May 2013) See 5 other results from this debate
Julie Hilling: ...is cruel and heartless, but the Government will not listen or say that they have to do something about it. The Government blame migrants for unemployment but do nothing to enforce the national minimum wage, tackle the agencies that recruit only from abroad, or deal with the abuse of inflated accommodation charges for vastly overcrowded houses being taken out of people’s wages. The...
- Queen’s Speech — Debate (2nd Day) (9 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate
Baroness Hamwee: ...with learning difficulties—a very specialised specialty, if I may put it that way. If all we are looking at is numbers, I suppose that was a double win. We have also raised considerably the minimum income threshold and other financial requirements for applications to bring in a spouse or partner—with any children—who is a non-EEA national. We heard from a gentleman living...