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Minimum Wage

Volume 297: debated on Friday 4 July 1997

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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his Departments estimates of the impact of different levels of a minimum wage on tax yields. [3709]

It is not possible to say what the impact of the minimum wage on tax yields will he without knowing the level it will be set at. This is a matter for the Low Pay Commission to advise the Government on, taking into account the wider effect on the economy.