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

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy for ensuring that their funding promotes (1) fair work, and (2) paying people a real living wage.

The National Living Wage (NLW) is part of our wider commitment to ensuring a labour market that works for everyone, both in terms of fair pay and fair working conditions. Through the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the NLW, we protect the lowest paid within our society. We are clear that anyone entitled to be paid the minimum wage should receive it and we take robust enforcement action against employers who do not pay their staff correctly.