Baroness Wheatcroft
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(2 years, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Wheatcroft (CB)
My Lords, I apologise for missing the beginning of the Statement; I hope that the Minister will still allow me to ask my question. I want to push her on freeports. DP World has the second and third-largest ports in the country; two of them are already designated as freeports. Can the Minister assure us that those who are employed in a freeport will have to be paid at least the minimum wage, in England as well as in Scotland?
Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)
I do not have any information on the employment status of workers in freeports but, if I can find out any information, I will certainly write to the noble Baroness.