Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Paul Maynard and Nick Boles

Tuesday 30th June 2015 Commons Chamber

[Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con)]

T6. Low-paid workers in my constituency will have been pleased to see the first above-inflation rise in the minimum wage since the financial crash, but what more can the Government do to encourage employers to pay the living wage where affordable?

[Nick Boles]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is tremendously welcome that, as a result of the recovery, it has been possible for the Government to implement this second increase in the minimum wage—and the first that is higher than the rate of increase in both inflation and average earnings—which takes the minimum wage to £6.70. We want any employer that can afford to pay the living wage, without losing jobs, to do so, and we encourage them all to think of doing so soon.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Paul Maynard and Nick Boles

Monday 21st October 2013 Commons Chamber

[Nick Boles]

No, that is not the reality, as is almost always the case when the hon. Gentleman asks a question about planning law.

[Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con)]

3. What steps he is taking to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Paul Maynard and Nick Boles

Monday 4th February 2013 Commons Chamber

[Nick Boles]

If the policy of the city of Cambridge is properly arrived at as an expression of local feeling, I am sure that it will be able to defend it from any challenge from whatever quarter.

[Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con)]

8. What recent assessment he has made of the local government finance settlement; and if he will make a statement.