Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Torsten Bell and Amanda Martin

Tuesday 4th March 2025 Commons Chamber

[Amanda Martin (Portsmouth North) (Lab)]

Next month will see a rise and an extension to the minimum wage. In Portsmouth North, there are 9,600 minimum wage workers—higher than the national average—leaving many in in-work poverty and in desperate need of a boost to living standards. What steps are the Government taking to help improve living standards for those low-paid workers?

[The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Torsten Bell)]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that a higher minimum wage is an important way that we make low-earning workers’ lives better—as is the extension that we announced to sick pay yesterday, which I hope will be welcomed on all sides of this House.