Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings he has had to discuss productivity with employers in low-paid sectors in each of the last six months.

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Ministers have held a number of meetings with businesses, including those in low-pay sectors, their representative organisations and other interested stakeholders to discuss a range of issues, including productivity. Through our Industrial Strategy, we will be working in partnership with industry to deliver an economy which works for all and creates the conditions for competitive, world leading businesses to grow and prosper right across the UK.