Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill

Angus Brendan MacNeil Excerpts
Tuesday 18th November 2014

(10 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angus Brendan MacNeil Portrait Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)
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The hon. Gentleman hit the nail on the head when he called this a matter of fairness. Whether it is zero-hours contracts, the minimum wage or, as we saw on “Dispatches” last night, the fact that the 3,000 top earners in the UK earn as much as the bottom 9 million, we are talking about the abuse of economic muscle. My concern is that the contract models used in England are rolling into Scotland, meaning that publicans and licensees are being hit hard in Scotland. Will he expand on that a little?