The Chancellor did not know what the unemployment figure was the other day. Let us put it like this: no matter how many people are in work, the bottom line is that it is not right that they should have low and stagnant wages, poor terms and conditions, zero-hours contracts or insecure work. The Government should be dealing not just with the employment rate, but with terms, conditions and wages.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Dowd
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 December 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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