§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the monitoring period for the assessment of the national minimum wage, as it affects activity holidays, will end. [88451]
§ Mr. Ian McCartneyThe Low Pay Commission has been asked to monitor and evaluate the introduction and impact of the National Minimum Wage and to report to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry by December 1999. I understand that the Commission will shortly be writing to interested parties,90W including groups representing activity holiday companies, inviting them to submit written evidence by mid-September