Public Sector Pay Cap Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Public Sector Pay Cap

Rachael Maskell Excerpts
Wednesday 5th July 2017

(7 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. We need to ensure that our public finances are properly sustainable, so that we can fund those public services in future, and so that we do not burden the next generation.

Rachael Maskell Portrait Rachael Maskell (York Central) (Lab/Co-op)
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Will the Chief Secretary write to the chairs of all the pay review bodies—those serving on them are incredibly frustrated—and ask them to set out the true cost of a nurse, a teacher and a soldier, and to report back to Parliament, so we can assess the independence of their research?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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I am sure the hon. Lady is aware that all documentation from this year’s pay process will be published. She will be able to see the research the bodies have looked at and the people they have interviewed in coming to their determination. In due course, I will be writing to the pay review bodies for their remit for the following year.