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Written Answers — House of Lords: House of Lords: Staff (22 May 2013)

Lord Sewel: The House of Lords Management Board agreed in February 20I13 that, with effect from 1 February 2013, all the staff of the House of Lords Administration should be paid at least the London Living Wage (LLW). With regard to contractors, the House Administration has been advised that it is not legally permissible to require them to pay the LLW. However, the following bicameral policy was agreed...

G8 Meeting — Question (21 May 2013)

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton: Would the Minister care to give an assurance about movement towards the principle of paying a living, fair and minimum wage in those countries which they intend to assist with inward development? Will she tell her colleagues that some of us despair about the way the Government are tackling the results of many major companies—this has been referred to today—which fail to pay a...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Agricultural Wages Board: Clwyd (21 May 2013)

David Heath: There has not been any assessment of the regional impact of the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board on agricultural worker's wages. We have been quite clear that there is considerable uncertainty about the impact on workers' wages. The reality will depend on demand, which evidence shows is increasing, and how farmers use the increased flexibility. Many workers are already paid above the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Migrant Domestic Workers (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: Kalayaan’s report is based on the experiences of 29 overseas domestic workers who have approached them for advice and support and who have come to the UK since the route was reformed in April 2012. In 2012, 15,553 visas were issued to overseas domestic workers coming to work in private households. Therefore the individuals approaching Kalayaan represent only a very small proportion of...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Pay: Liverpool (20 May 2013)

Jo Swinson: Information on how many businesses pay above the living wage is not available. The Government supports businesses that choose to pay the living wage however decisions on what wages to set, above the national minimum wage, are for employers and workers. There are no plans to introduce a national living wage. Our primary policy to support the low paid is through the national minimum wage. The...

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) See 1 other result from this answer

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: My Lords, I have very great sympathy with what 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....

Economic Growth (15 May 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Christopher Leslie: I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Andy Sawford) and my many other hon. Friends for their consistently strong arguments about the shortcomings of the Gracious Speech. It is a Queen’s Speech that lacks vision, substance and coherence. It lacks any answers to the big challenges that Britain faces. As such, it is entirely typical of this pitiful excuse for a Government. It is as...

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: My Lords, it is one of the glories of the debate on the gracious Speech that it engenders a wealth of varied and expert contributions from all quarters of the House. Correspondingly, it falls to the lot of the responding Minister to try to do justice to those contributions. Because of the large number of speakers today and the limited time available to me, I hope that noble Lords will...

Cost of Living (14 May 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Stephen Doughty: ...’s Speech debate, I was naively looking forward to having a busy and meaty legislative programme to discuss. How wrong I was. Instead, we have a Queen’s Speech that clearly demonstrates the disagreement, division, lack of vision and lack of ambition of this sorry Government. Not only are they running out of business, they are running out of reasons to exist. Many of my...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Private Sector Job Creation (14 May 2013)

Danny Alexander: First, I congratulate my hon. Friend 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) See 1 other result from this answer

Stephen Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation 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...

Written Answers — Treasury: Minimum Wage (14 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

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: My Lords, nearly six hours into this debate I thought I would give us a change of subject. I was reliably informed by the Chief Whip's Office that if I wanted to talk about the Care Bill and its implications for local government, I should speak today. In doing so, I declare my interests both as a member of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support, whose recommendations the Bill largely...

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Kate Green: I accept what the Minister is saying but evidence suggests that for certain more disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals, articulating those needs is very difficult and so culturally appropriate advocacy, representation and brokerage services will be of huge significance. Evidence from research carried out so far suggests that the effects of personal budgets are patchy. I am sure the...

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?