The Government have submitted their economic evidence on the National Minimum Wage to the Low Pay Commission. The Commission will take this and all the other evidence received into account when preparing its next report on the minimum wage, which will be submitted to the Government by the end of February 2007. Copies of the Government's economic evidence have been placed in the House Library and will be posted on the Department of Trade and Industry website

http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/pay/national-minimum-wage/index.html.

The Government submitted their evidence on non-economic issues to the Commission last month. A combined volume of the non-economic and economic evidence will be placed in the House Library at a later date.