HC Deb 17 June 1998 vol 314 c253W
17. Mr. Lansley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate she has made of the effect on employment in Northern Ireland of a minimum wage of £3.60 an hour.[44756]

Mr. Ingram

With tax and benefit reform, the national minimum wage is part of the Government's range of policies to make work pay. It will, therefore, encourage people to move from dependence on state benefits into employment.