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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 June 2016.

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Photo of Siobhain McDonagh Siobhain McDonagh Labour, Mitcham and Morden 12:00, 15 June 2016

Approximately 11,000 of Marks & Spencer’s most loyal employees, many with over 14 years’ service, are about to get a serious pay cut. Cuts to Sunday pay, bank holiday pay and antisocial hours pay, all made on the back of the national living wage, mean they will take home less next year than they do this year, with some losing up to £2,000. This is not just any pay cut, this is a big fat Marks & Spencer’s pay cut. Does the Prime Minister agree with his Chancellor that cutting take-home pay at M&S or anywhere else on the back of the national living wage is wrong? If so, will he move to close the loopholes that make this possible?