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Debate between John Howell and Nick Clegg
Tuesday 7th January 2014
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The Deputy Prime Minister
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has asked the Low Pay Commission precisely the question about the merits and the economic knock-on effects of increasing the minimum wage by a higher rate than in the past. That is what the Low Pay Commission is about and why we have asked that question. We have asked that question; it was not asked by the Labour Government.
John Howell (Henley) (Con)
6. What recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the role of decentralisation in the implementation of the Heseltine review.