Industrial Relations

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 January 1992.

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Photo of Michael Howard Michael Howard Secretary of State for Employment 12:00, 14 January 1992

My hon. Friend is absoutely right. Not only would a national statutory minimum wage destroy countless jobs; one of the greatest problems that it would cause would be the maintaining of such differentials. Strife would inevitably arise as better-paid workers sought to maintain them. My hon. Friend has identified one of the most damaging consequences of the measures proposed by Labour.