Debates on delegated legislation on Tuesday, 19 February 2019, in the House of Commons, led by Kelly Tolhurst. The answering member was Chi Onwurah.

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Motion, That the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 28 January, be approved. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 654 cc1392-1408
Session: 2017-19
Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations
Monday, 28 January 2019
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1392 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2019, which wer...; Andrew Griffiths | 654 c1392 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister is doing a brilliant job as the Minister responsible not only for small business but...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 cc1392-3 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend, my predecessor, for making those comments on what the Government have und...; Andrew Griffiths | 654 c1393 (Link to this contribution)
May I too commend the work of Bryan Sanderson from the Low Pay Commission and his team? Given tha...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1393 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for pointing out the good work of the Low Pay Commission and how it brings...; Alison Thewliss | 654 c1393 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Minister appreciate that that is not even enough to buy a Freddo?; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 cc1393-4 (Link to this contribution)
I point out to the hon. Lady that we are talking about the apprentice rate.
The regulations...; Mike Wood | 654 c1394 (Link to this contribution)
When businesses are repeatedly found to have breached national minimum wage regulations, will the...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1394 (Link to this contribution)
I assure my hon. Friend that we take HMRC’s enforcement of the national minimum wage very serious...; Chris Stephens | 654 c1394 (Link to this contribution)
How many people are currently employed in HMRC’s national minimum wage compliance unit, and how d...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1394 (Link to this contribution)
Unfortunately I do not represent the DWP here, so I am unable to make comparisons at the Dispatch...; Nick Smith | 654 c1394 (Link to this contribution)
How many companies have been penalised for breaking the rules on the national minimum wage? How m...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1394 (Link to this contribution)
There have been 14 prosecutions since the introduction of the minimum wage, and other companies a...; Nick Smith | 654 c1394 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister replied to my question by saying that there had been 14 prosecutions since the intro...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1395 (Link to this contribution)
I will happily try to find some information for the hon. Gentleman. He referred to “the last year...; Chi Onwurah | 654 c1395 (Link to this contribution)
In the Labour party’s long history of standing up for working people, the introduction of the nat...; Andrew Griffiths | 654 c1396 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is making a very good speech, but does she agree that as a result of the taxation p...; Chi Onwurah | 654 c1396 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but it does show a lack of understanding of the ...; Andrew Griffiths | 654 c1396 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady mentioned VAT. Is it her party’s policy to lower VAT, should it ever come into powe...; Daniel Zeichner | 654 c1396 (Link to this contribution)
Wait and see!; Chi Onwurah | 654 c1396 (Link to this contribution)
As one of my colleagues helpfully says, the hon. Gentleman must wait and see. In our 2017 manifes...; Mike Kane | 654 c1396 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a powerful case. Our 2017 manifesto was fully costed and full of figures...; Chi Onwurah | 654 cc1396-7 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The burden of debt has been shifted. We still have our p...; Mike Wood | 654 c1397 (Link to this contribution)
The shadow Minister refers to small increases in the minimum wage. An increase of 38p in the nati...; Chi Onwurah | 654 c1397 (Link to this contribution)
When we introduced the national minimum wage, it was a transformative change for the pay of so ma...; Chris Stephens | 654 c1397 (Link to this contribution)
The shadow Minister makes an important point. UK Departments are not complying with the London li...; Chi Onwurah | 654 cc1397-8 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. A Government who cannot even guarantee a decent wage to t...; Layla Moran | 654 c1398 (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Lady agree that the anger felt by young people is palpable? The message that the Go...; Chi Onwurah | 654 cc1398-9 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady makes an excellent point. What message is being sent to the under-25s about their c...; Gillian Keegan | 654 cc1399-1400 (Link to this contribution)
I am pleased to see the national living wage and the national minimum wage continue to increase a...; Chris Stephens | 654 c1400 (Link to this contribution)
This is my first statutory instrument debate in the Chamber, and it is a pleasure to see you in t...; Mike Wood | 654 c1400 (Link to this contribution)
Clearly, one does not get a fine figure such as mine without knowing precisely the price of a ran...; Chris Stephens | 654 cc1400-2 (Link to this contribution)
It seems unlikely—perhaps we will ask for photographic evidence from the hon. Gentleman of the pr...; Alison Thewliss | 654 cc1402-3 (Link to this contribution)
I know that many Members across this House share my concern that Brexit and the removal of hard-w...; Gillian Keegan | 654 c1403 (Link to this contribution)
I am listening carefully. Having started my working life aged 16 as an apprentice, I would not ex...; Alison Thewliss | 654 c1403 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady misses her own point, because the regulations are not called “The National Experien...; Mike Wood | 654 c1404 (Link to this contribution)
Surely the hon. Lady acknowledges the Low Pay Commission’s conclusion:
“In light of this ev...; Alison Thewliss | 654 cc1404-5 (Link to this contribution)
That was exactly the type of comment that the Conservatives made when the national minimum wage w...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1405 (Link to this contribution)
I thank all Members who contributed to the debate. I was pleased to hear that the Opposition will...; Andrew Griffiths | 654 c1405 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for what she has said so far. We hear a lot about workers’ rights being erod...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 cc1405-6 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for that point. He is indeed correct, because we have been clear that we w...; Bob Stewart | 654 c1406 (Link to this contribution)
May I confirm that the lowest paid will get the same deal that they get now, or better, if Brexit...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1406 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely. My hon. Friend is right. The rates that come into force in April will be the same whe...; Daniel Zeichner | 654 c1406 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister remind the House who introduced the national minimum wage and the Low Pay Commi...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1406 (Link to this contribution)
I point out that we introduced the national living wage in 2016. As I said, we have made increase...; Chi Onwurah | 654 c1406 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for that clarification. Is she saying that all staff at the Department for B...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 cc1406-7 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the hon. Lady’s comment about the London living wage, and we value the work of the Livi...; Chris Stephens | 654 c1407 (Link to this contribution)
Surely the Minister must concede that the Government have made this situation worse by introducin...; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1407 (Link to this contribution)
As I have already highlighted, age rates are not new to these regulations. We have asked the Low ...; Alison Thewliss | 654 c1407 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 c1407 (Link to this contribution)
I want to make one more point about the age-related model. This model has been in place since 199...; Chris Stephens | 654 c1407 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; Kelly Tolhurst | 654 cc1407-8 (Link to this contribution)
I am keen I to make some progress because I know there is other business to be getting on with.
Subjects: Conditions of employment Age Apprentices Prosecutions Minimum wage Staff Low pay Young people Uprating Living wage Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Legislation: National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2019
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