Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the national minimum wage will apply in freeports.

I can confirm that the national minimum wage will apply in Freeports.

Our Freeport model ensures that the UK’s high standards with respect to security, safety, workers’ rights, data protection, biosecurity and the environment will not be compromised.

That means businesses in Freeports – like any other business in the UK – will have to adhere to the UK’s high regulatory standards.