NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

Early day motion 1793, tabled 22 October 2002 by Huw Edwards (Labour). Signed by 66 members.

That this House, whilst it applauds the Government for introducing the national minimum wage, supports the campaign by the Sunday Mirror for an increase in the minimum wage to ú5 per hour; recognises that this would bring a significant improvement to the earning of thousands of employees in the retail, catering and care sectors and other workers receiving poverty pay and would help to rectify the inequalities in earning between women and men; and calls on the Low Pay Commission to establish a formula for the indexation of the minimum wage in order that it should be set at a rate the ensures that workers achieve a living wage through work without dependence on state benefits.

Signatures by party: Labour 58, Labour/Co-operative 4, Liberal Democrat 2, Plaid Cymru 2.