Mark Menzies
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(10 years, 4 months ago)
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David Mundell
The hon. Gentleman is simply wrong. The October 2013 adult minimum wage rate is around 27% higher in real terms compared with the consumer prices index and about 15% higher in real terms compared with the retail prices index than it was on its introduction in 1999.
Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)
Does the Minister agree that the best way to tackle low pay in Scotland is to get the economy growing and to create more job opportunities?
David Mundell
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, and I hope that Opposition Members will welcome today’s announcement that employment is up and unemployment is down in Scotland. We are not complacent, but we are on the right track.