Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Pat Glass and Priti Patel

Tuesday 27th January 2015 Commons Chamber

[Priti Patel]

I thank my hon. Friend for his suggestion. He is right that more can be done through working with business and learning from their suggestions.

[Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab)]

17. How can the Minister claim there is no cost of living crisis when average full-time wages are down by £2,000 a year, when huge and increasing numbers of workers are dependent on state benefits to make ends meet, and when the gap between chief execs’ salaries and the people who work for them is growing all the time?