Martyn Day
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(7 years, 6 months ago)
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Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP)
1. What fiscal steps he is taking to help increase the average level of wages paid by employers.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Elizabeth Truss)
The key thing that we can do to increase productivity is to ensure that we invest in education and improve skills. We have more people going to university and doing apprenticeships, and we are investing in our rail and roads.
Martyn Day
Unlike the Scottish Government, the UK Government voted for the public sector pay cut. Moreover, this Government’s so-called national living wage is not based on the cost of living. What new measures will this Government bring in to provide people with a wage that they can live on?