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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will support the establishment of local low pay commissions.

The Government is committed to delivering an economy that works for all by spreading wealth and prosperity more evenly across the country. Through the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage, the Government is ensuring the lowest paid receive their fair share of the gains from economic growth. The independent work of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) continues to play a central role in helping to achieve these ambitions.

The LPC will continue to make recommendations on wage related issues to ensure that wages rise to reward workers while considering the impact on the economy. The Government has no plans to introduce local low pay commissions.