Orders of the Day — National Minimum Wage Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:25 pm on 16 December 1997.

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Photo of John Redwood John Redwood Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 5:25, 16 December 1997

Would you like me to say that the right hon. Lady inadvertently misled the House? The right hon. Lady said that all workers will be covered, but that is not in the Bill before the House.

I want to ask a simple question. Has the right hon. Lady now resolved the conflicts with her ministerial colleagues? Is she telling the House now that every young worker, trainee or otherwise, will be covered by the Bill at a single, standard national minimum rate, or is she still undecided about whether all young workers and trainees will be covered?